Indoor Sensing Germicidal Far-UV Light
COVID, TB, influenza and other infectious diseases spread via air and surfaces. In our digital age, there's paradoxically a paucity of real time granular data and interventions in indoor spaces.
Our solution 222nm skin safe far-UV germicidal lamp equipped with a fan, microwave radar and/or infrared camera plus humidity and air flow sensors. It combines environmental health surveillance with intervention. It measures indoor occupancy, human movement, body temperatures as well as microenvironmental data including air flow, air temperature and humidity. We can temporally & spatially quantify air & surface contamination risk. Armed with real time data, each lamp can respond immediately by activating far-UV irradiation and circulating sterilized air, stopping transmission right at the source.
Our solution monitors and mitigates airborne and fomite transmission of pathogens, potentially reducing morbidity and mortality from COVID, TB, influenza, bacterial pneumonias and other infectious diseases worldwide.
Global infectious diseases including COVID-19, TB, influenza and MRSA spread via contaminated air and surfaces. Yet age old mitigation measures like social distancing, ventilation and surface cleaning have proven sadly inadequate in this pandemic. In our digital age, there's paradoxically a paucity of real time data and data driven interventions in indoor spaces. Our solution not only gathers highly granular indoor behavioral data via indoor radar and/or body temperature data with infrared camera but more importantly responds with human safe far-UVC germicidal lighting to stop transmission right at the source.
Our solution is a 222nm skin safe far-UV germicidal lamp equipped with a fan, microwave radar and/or infrared camera plus humidity and air flow sensors. It combines environmental health surveillance with intervention. It measures indoor occupancy, human movement, body temperatures as well as microenvironmental data including air flow, air temperature and humidity. We can temporally & spatially quantify air & surface contamination risk. Armed with real time data, each lamp intervenes by activating far-UV irradiation and circulating sterilized air, stopping transmission at the source.
Regarding sensing, we can augment with local epidemiological data, space usage data, and building informatics optimize irradiation. In turn our data help HVAC controls to optimize air flow, trigger building managers to spread out room usage, inform health authorities transmission risk at a facility, augment indoor contact tracing...
Regarding intervention, research suggests 222nm far-UV is blocked by the skin's stratum corneum and the eyes' teary layer. It can safely operate in occupied spaces, unlike conventional 254nm UVC. An optimal control algorithm which considers human proximity plus estimated contamination from human activity. An attached fan distributes sterilized air and evens far-UV dosing.
System is scalable, functioning with 1 lamp at small clinic or hundreds at an airport.
Our solution applies to anyone in indoor spaces (especially close quarters) by directly mitigating airborne and fomite transmission of illnesses. Our solution monitors and mitigates airborne and fomite transmission of pathogens, potentially reducing morbidity and mortality from COVID, TB, influenza, bacterial pneumonias and other infectious diseases worldwide.
- Strengthen disease surveillance, early warning predictive systems, and other data systems to detect, slow, or halt future disease outbreaks.
We align with disease surveillance and outbreak response goals by directly mitigating airborne and fomite transmission of illnesses via data driven ventilation & far-UVC germicidal irradiation.
- Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model.
Our technology stack consists of far-UV lighting, indoor radar and/or infrared camera, and data driven optimal control software. We're already making and distributing far-UV lamps. However we're still integrating indoor radar, infrared camera, additional sensors and IOT networking onto the lamp as well as developing risk estimation and optimal control algorithms. We expect to pilot the data empowered version in Q3 2021. So overall the current stage is prototype.
- A new technology
We're building a highly unique tech stack that combines the emerging technologies far-UV irradiation, indoor radar and infrared sensing while leveraging IOT, data science and model predictive control. It addresses lack of both real time indoor behavioral data & efficient data-driven human-safe disinfection intervention.
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Behavioral Technology
- Big Data
- GIS and Geospatial Technology
- Imaging and Sensor Technology
- Internet of Things
- Manufacturing Technology
- Materials Science
- Software and Mobile Applications
- Women & Girls
- Pregnant Women
- LGBTQ+
- Infants
- Children & Adolescents
- Elderly
- Rural
- Peri-Urban
- Urban
- Poor
- Low-Income
- Middle-Income
- 3. Good Health and Well-being
- 6. Clean Water and Sanitation
- Not registered as any organization
1 team lead
4 contractors at VE Lighting (Chinese OEM researching 222nm lamps)
Paul Shen, team lead
Engineering (MS Electrical Engineering, Stanford University) | Data Science (machine learning research staff, Carnegie Mellon University) | Clinical Medicine (former MD candidate, Indiana University School of Medicine)
VE Lighting, Contractor
Chinese optics OEM researching 222nm far-UV lamps, years of experience producing conventional 254nm UVC lamps
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