ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,071, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ORAVEL LTD. (Beer Yaakov, Israel).
"Environmentally friendly ozone disinfectant device" was invented by Ortal Raikhlin (Yaloz) (Nesher, Israel), Eliahu Maier (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Avraham Peretz (Beer Yaakov, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disinfection device against viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms using ozone without contaminating the environment with ozone or users cross contamination. Disinfection is obtained by inserting an organ (e.g. hands) into a chamber containing a predetermined ozone concentration for a predetermined time. A suction duct surrounds the chamber. Ambient...