US Patent Issued to The University of British Columbia on March 17 for "Multi-reflector photoreactor for controlled irradiation of fluid" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,383, issued on March 17, was assigned to The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada).

"Multi-reflector photoreactor for controlled irradiation of fluid" was invented by Fariborz Taghipour (Burnaby, Canada) and Babak Adeli Koudehi (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A UV reactor comprises a main chamber extending in a generally longitudinal direction. The main chamber may comprise a UV-LED and a reflective wall located at opposing longitudinal ends of the main chamber. Fluid enters main chamber through a fluid inlet and exits main chamber through a fluid outlet. The fluid inlet may be located at the reflectiv...