US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers on June 16 for "System for disinfection of surfaces and/or room air" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,915, issued on June 16, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Erlangen, Germany).

"System for disinfection of surfaces and/or room air" was invented by Kristian Dencovski (Erlangen, Germany), Mario Bechtold (Hemhofen, Germany) and Franz Dirauf (Bad Staffelstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to system and a method for disinfection of surfaces and/or room air, wherein at least one UV source is arranged on a medical device and/or in a medical examination and/or treatment room in such a way that it is suitable for disinfection irradiation of at least one surface and/or at least one flow of ...