EP4017547A1 - Uv lamp for disinfecting objects and air in a space, space containing the uv lamp and use of the uv lamp - Google Patents
Uv lamp for disinfecting objects and air in a space, space containing the uv lamp and use of the uv lampInfo
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- UV lamp for disinfecting objects and air in a room, room containing the UV lamp and use of the UV lamp
- a UV lamp is provided to disinfect a room.
- the UV lamp contains a lamp body that is divided into at least two sectors, at least one UV-C LED array in each sector of the Lampenkör pers, lenses for focusing UV-C light, so that UV-C radiation different spatial areas around the UV lamp is focused, a camera that is configured to record images of the various spatial areas and a control unit that is configured to make an assessment of whether on at least one image recorded by the camera in at least one of the spatial areas Living being and / or object not to be irradiated is depicted.
- the UV lamp enables a health-friendly, effective, long-lasting, economical and ecological disinfection of a room. It also describes a room with the UV lamp and uses the UV lamp proposed.
- UV radiation generated by mercury vapor lamps This has several disadvantages.
- mercury lamps contain toxic mercury, which is released into the environment if the glass breaks.
- these robots do not emit any directed radiation.
- the UV light is emitted equally in all directions. This means that good lighting of the room can be achieved, but at the same time no person is allowed to be in the room, as the UV radiation would damage the person's body cells (especially the person's eyes and skin).
- the UV-C radiation used (l> 230 nm) can cause erythema to form on unprotected skin.
- the rooms to be irradiated with the robot must be cleared before the start of the irradiation, i.e. a stay of a person and / or animal in this room during the disinfection via the robot is associated with considerable health risks for the person and / or the animal. This significantly limits the times in which the rooms can be used, as people and animals can only enter them when the robot is not disinfecting.
- the object of the present invention to provide a UV lamp which not only enables effective, long-lasting and ecological disinfection of a room, but also makes possible a more health-friendly and economical disinfection of a room.
- the risk of UV-C radiation for people and / or animals should be reduced and the use of a room by people and / or animals can also be seen during disinfection of the room.
- a UV lamp for disinfecting objects and air in a room comprising a) a lamp body which is divided into sectors, the lamp body being divided into at least a first sector and at least a second sector; b) UV-C LED arrays for killing germs, at least one first UV-C LED array being arranged in the first sector of the lamp body and at least one second UV-C LED array in the second sector of the lamp body is arranged; c) Lenses for focusing UV-C light, a first lens being arranged on the first UV-C LED array in such a way that it focuses the UV-C radiation on a first spatial area and a second lens in such a way on the second UV-C LED array is arranged so that it focuses the UV-C radiation on a second spatial area, the first and second spatial area being different (in particular the first and second spatial area adjoin one another and / or the first and second room areas do not overlap); d) a camera which is configured to record images at least in the first and second spatial areas
- the control unit can also be configured to start an emission of UV-C light by the at least one first UV-C LED array if the evaluation of the control unit comes to the result that there is no living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is depicted in at least one first spatial area, and to start an emission of UV-C light by the at least one second UV-C LED array, if the evaluation of the control unit comes to the result that a living being that is not to be irradiated and / or object is depicted in at least one second spatial area.
- This configuration of the control unit can accordingly also apply to other UV-C LED arrays which the UV lamp has.
- control unit can also be configured to start this configuration (ie the switching on of the UV-C LED arrays) only after a certain signal, where the signal is a signal from a switching device for the UV lamp (e.g. a switch button on the UV lamp or a switch button on a remote control of the UV lamp) and / or a signal from a timer of the UV lamp.
- a switching device for the UV lamp e.g. a switch button on the UV lamp or a switch button on a remote control of the UV lamp
- UV-C LED arrays When the UV lamp is in operation, all UV-C LED arrays are preferably active and disinfect the areas of the room into which they emit. If a living being that is not to be irradiated (eg a person) and / or an object is detected, those UV-C LED arrays are switched off that shine in areas in which the person and / or object that is not being is allowed to shine. Since UV-C LEDs can be switched very quickly, they can be switched on and off very quickly, so that the interruption times for disinfection in these areas can be kept very short and the risk to a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is minimized is.
- the UV lamp according to the invention has the advantage that the use of chemical disinfectants, with all their side effects and consumption costs, can be reduced and a room can be disinfected quickly and over a large area. Multi-resistant pathogens can also be effectively inactivated. Due to the possibility of very long irradiation times without danger to living beings and objects that are not to be irradiated, the formation of bio films on the surfaces of objects in the room can be prevented.
- the UV lamp according to the invention has the advantage that the disinfection of a room can be carried out in a more ecological manner and with a lower risk to the health of humans and animals than with the aid of chemical disinfectants. In contrast to disinfection with chemical disinfectants, no hazardous substances (e.g. alcohols, triclosan, polycyclic musk compounds, etc.) enter the environment. In addition, the UV lamp according to the invention protects living beings (e.g. humans and / or animals) from undesired exposure to UV-C radiation, and thus a radiation-related risk to their health can be prevented.
- a radiation-related risk to their health can be prevented.
- the UV lamp can be characterized in that the lamp body subdivides into at least one, preferably at least two, further preferably at least four, particularly preferably at least six, very particularly preferably at least eight, in particular at least ten, further sectors is, with a further UV-C-LED array for killing germs is arranged in each further sector and preferably a lens for focusing UV-C light is arranged on each further UV-LED array in such a way that the UV -C radiation is each focused on a specific further spatial area fo, the respective further spatial areas being different.
- the respective spatial areas adjoin one another and / or the respective spatial areas do not overlap.
- the advantage of this design form is that the UV lamp can divide a certain room into several room areas through the further sectors, each with a UV-C LED array, ie the room can be more finely divided.
- the area of the room that has a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated at a certain point in time can be more precisely defined, where a larger area around said living being and / or object can be illuminated and the spatial disinfection effect in the presence of said living being and / or object is increased.
- the camera of the UV lamp can also be configured to record images in the respective further room areas (ie the room areas in addition to the first and second room areas) and the control unit is further configured to make an assessment of whether at least one recorded by the camera A living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is formed image in at least one of the respective further spatial areas, and the control unit is further configured to stop an emission of UV-C light by at least one of the further UV-C LED arrays if the evaluation of the control unit comes to the result that a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is depicted in the spatial area that is irradiated by the at least one further UV-C LED array.
- the advantage of this embodiment corresponds to the above-mentioned advantage with regard to the lamp body, which contains further sectors, i.e. has more than two sectors.
- the at least one first sector and / or at least one second sector of the lamp body can be arranged symmetrically about a central axis of the lamp body, preferably arranged rotationally symmetrically.
- the advantage of the symmetrical arrangement is that with a minimal number of sectors of the lamp body a maximally large spatial area can be irradiated with the UV lamp, wherein the individual irradiated spatial areas can be the same size.
- the spatial area that has a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated at a certain point in time can be defined as precisely as possible with a minimal complexity of the UV lamp, whereby a larger spatial area around the said living being and / or object can be illuminated and the spatial disinfection effect is increased in the presence of said living being and / or object.
- the first and / or second UV-C LED array can contain at least two UV-C LEDs, preferably at least four UV-C LEDs, particularly preferably at least ten UV-C LEDs. LEDs, in particular at least 20 UV-C LEDs per array, wherein a UV-C radiation dose that can be emitted by the UV-C LED array is preferably applied to the individual UV-C LEDs of a UV-C LED array distributed.
- the advantage of having several UV-C LEDs per array is that the radiation angle of the entire array is smaller than that of a single UV-C LED, which results in higher light intensities in the edge area of a room that is irradiated with the UV lamp.
- the at least one first and / or at least one second UV-C LED array, optionally further UV-C LED arrays of the UV lamp, can be configured to emit light with an intensity maximum in the wavelength range from 100 to 280 nm, preferably 150 to 275 nm, particularly preferably 200 to 270 nm, very particularly preferably 220 to 265 nm, in particular 240 to 265 nm, to emit.
- the advantage of a UV-C LED array with an intensity maximum at a wavelength in the range from 240 nm to 280 nm is that no or hardly any ozone is generated in the irradiated air.
- the advantage of a wavelength in the range from 240 nm to 265 nm is that there is hardly any absorption of UV radiation by proteins that can be located on a surface to be disinfected.
- the at least one first and / or at least one second UV-C LED array, optionally further UV-C LED arrays of the UV lamp, can be configured to emit light with an irradiance in the range from 0.01 to 10 W / m 2 , preferably 0.05 to 5 W / m 2 , particularly preferably 0.25 to 3 W / m 2 , in particular 1 up to 2 W / m 2 .
- the advantage of high irradiance is that even more UV-resistant germs (such as molds) can be reliably killed within short irradiation times.
- the advantage of a lower irradiance is that a possible scattered radiation in spatial areas that are not irradiated, but in which there are living beings or objects that are not to be irradiated, has no influence on the health of said living beings or the condition of said objects.
- the optimum of the irradiance lies between these two extremes.
- the lenses for focusing UV-C light preferably contain a material which is selected from the group consisting of quartz glass, plastic and combinations thereof.
- the material is preferably selected from the group consisting of quartz glass, silicone and combinations thereof.
- the material is quartz glass.
- the camera of the UV lamp according to the invention can have an opening angle of at least 100 °, preferably at least 120 °, particularly preferably at least 140 °, very particularly preferably at least 160 °, in particular 180 °.
- the advantage of large opening angles is that the camera can capture a maximally large area of the room even when mounted on the ceiling of a low room and thus the camera can reliably detect the presence of a living being and / or object in a certain area of the room, even for such rooms can capture.
- the camera can have a fisheye lens.
- the advantage here is the large opening angle of these lenses and that they are more cost-effective than wide-angle lenses, so that the UV lamp can be provided more cost-effectively than with a wide-angle lens.
- the camera can have a light sensitivity to light selected from the group consisting of visible light, infrared light and combinations thereof.
- the camera preferably has a light sensitivity for visible light and infrared light (in particular near infrared light).
- the advantage of a light sensitivity for infrared light is that the camera can display information about a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated even in rooms that are very dark for the human eye can detect (ie record) certain spatial areas of the dark room and forward this information to the control unit for evaluation.
- the UV lamp can reliably and safely stop the radiation of UV-C LED arrays, even in rooms that are very dark to the human eye, which radiate into an area of the room in which a living being that is not to be irradiated and / or object is located.
- the camera can be selected from the group consisting of CCD cameras, CMOS cameras and combinations thereof.
- the control unit of the UV lamp can also be configured to carry out the assessment with the aid of image recognition software.
- image recognition software makes it easier to evaluate whether a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is actually present in a certain spatial area of a room.
- control unit of the UV lamp can also be configured to stop the emission of UV-C light by a UV-C LED array if the control unit comes to the result that in the area of the room that is covered by said UV -C-LED array is irradiated, a dose in the range from 2 to 1000 mJ / cm 2 , preferably 10 to 800 mJ / cm 2 , particularly preferably 50 to 600 mJ / cm 2 , in particular 200 to 400 mJ / cm 2 , was radiated.
- the advantage of this embodiment is that the UV lamp does not radiate more radiation into a spatial area of a room than is necessary to kill all germs in this area. This means that the energy consumption and the radiation exposure on objects to be irradiated in the room is only as high as necessary.
- the UV lamp can (in each sector of the lamp body) contain at least one near-infrared sensor which is directed to the area of space that is irradiated by the UV-C LED array of the respective sector, the control unit preferably also is configured to make an assessment based on an infrared signal of the respective near-infrared sensor as to whether a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is present in the respective spatial area.
- the advantage of the presence of the near-infrared sensor is that a simple sensor system is used to detect the presence of a the living being can also be detected in a certain spatial area in rooms which are very dark to the human eye and in which the camera of the UV lamp according to the invention comes to its detection limits.
- UV-C LED arrays that radiate into a room area in which there is at least one living being that is not to be irradiated can be stopped quickly and reliably even in such very dark rooms.
- the UV lamp can also contain (in each sector of the lamp body) at least one pyroelectric sensor (PIR sensor), which is directed to the Jardinbe rich, which is irradiated by the UV-C LED array of the respective sector, wherein the control unit is preferably further configured to carry out an assessment based on a signal from the respective pyroelectric sensor as to whether a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is present in the respective spatial area.
- PIR sensor pyroelectric sensor
- the pyroelectric sensor has the same advantages as the near-infrared sensor, but is even more sensitive in rooms that are absolutely dark for the human eye, since it can also detect very long-wave infrared radiation, namely heat radiation.
- a living being that is not to be irradiated with a body temperature of 37 ° C can be reliably detected as long as the temperature of the room is not so high that it is in the range of the living being's body temperature or even higher.
- the room temperature should be below 37 ° C, so that the pyroelectric sensor is advantageous here.
- the UV lamp in each sector of the lamp body
- the control unit preferably also is configured to switch on the near-infrared LED, preferably all the near-infrared LEDs, when the IR light conditions allow for detection of IR light via the camera of the UV lamp (optionally via a near-infrared sensor and / or a pyroelectric sensor of the UV lamp) are too weak.
- the UV lamp with near-infrared LED has the advantage that the "scenery" is illuminated with IR light even in the dark and the reflected IR light can be detected by the camera. The sensitivity and accuracy of detection in the dark is thus significantly increased, since the UV lamp has its own IR light source.
- the control unit can furthermore be configured to stop an emission of UV-C light by a UV-C LED array if the control unit comes to the result, based on a signal from the near-infrared sensor and / or pyroelectric sensor, that in a living being and / or object that is not to be irradiated is present in the area of the room that is irradiated by said UV-C LED array.
- This configuration of the control unit increases the safety of the UV lamp from switching off in rooms that are dark to very dark for the human eye.
- the UV lamp contains a VIS LED in each sector of the lamp body.
- the control unit can also be configured, if the UV-C LED array in the respective sector of the lamp body is in operation and emits UV-C light, to output an optical signal for disinfection, for example a green light.
- the control unit can also be configured to output an optical signal for disinfection not taking place, for example a red one Light.
- the UV-C-LED is further configured if the UV-C-LED array in the respective sector of the lamp body is in operation and does not emit any UV-C light, an optical signal for a faulty one If disinfection does not take place, for example a flashing red light.
- the functional status of the individual UV-C LED arrays can be monitored electronically.
- the advantage of the VIS LEDs and the corresponding configuration of the UV lamp is that a user of the UV lamp in the room in which the UV lamp is located is given optically visible information as to whether the lamp is working or not. This can give the user more security because he receives a visualization that is visible to him as to whether a certain UV-C LED array of the UV lamp is emitting UV-C light that is invisible and harmful to health.
- the UV lamp can contain a memory unit for storing data, with the control unit also being configured for each individual UV LED array of the UV lamp to detect a stop time during operation and, depending on the length of the stop time, preferably to increase the irradiation time and / or irradiation intensity of the respective UV LED array after the end of the stop time.
- the advantage here is that the stop duration, ie the interruption times of individual UV-C LED arrays, is recorded internally by the UV lamp.
- the UV lamp "remembers" which UV dose it has already applied in a certain area of the room and can thus compensate for failures in the applied dose caused by a stopping time by increasing the dose applied after the stopping time accordingly UV-C-LED arrays to come to the same total dose.
- control unit of the UV lamp can increase the irradiance of UV-C LEDs, which were temporarily inactivated during the disinfection of a room, according to the duration of their inactivation After a certain exposure time, all UV-C LEDs in the UV lamp have emitted the same dose.
- the UV lamp can be integrated into another lamp, for example a VIS lamp (i.e. a lamp which is suitable for emitting light in the visible range).
- VIS lamp i.e. a lamp which is suitable for emitting light in the visible range.
- the energy supply can be separate from the other lamp.
- a space is also provided which contains the UV lamp according to the invention.
- the UV lamp according to the invention is preferably attached to the ceiling of the room, particularly preferably mounted essentially in the geometric center of the ceiling of the room.
- the room can be a medical room, sterile room and / or room in which food is processed.
- the room is particularly preferably a hospital room, an ambulance room, an ambulance room, a doctor's office room, a computer chip production room and / or a slaughter room.
- UV lamp according to the invention to disinfect objects in a room, preferably objects in a medical room, sterile room and / or a room in which food is processed, particularly preferably in a room in a hospital, a room in an ambulance, a room in an ambulance, a room in a doctor's practice, a computer chip production room and / or a slaughter room .
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic drawing of an example of a UV lamp according to the invention in side view.
- the lamp body 1 of the UV lamp shown is divided here axially symmetrically about a central axis Z of the lamp body into 12 sectors 2, 2 ' .
- Each of the 12 sectors 2, 2 ' contains a UV-C LED array 3, 3 ' for killing germs.
- Lenses 4, 4 ' (here: quartz glass lenses) for focusing UV-C light are arranged on the respective UV-C LED arrays 3, 3 ' , the lenses being arranged in such a way that they absorb the UV-C - Focus on the radiation of the respective UV-C LED array 3, 3 ' on a certain spatial area (ie a total of 12 spatial areas here).
- the respective spatial areas are different, adjoin one another and do not overlap, ie each individual spatial area covers a spatial angle of 30 °, so that the individual sectors 2, 2 'of the UV lamp cover a total spatial area of 360 °.
- the UV lamp also has a camera 5 (here: a camera with a fisheye lens which has an opening angle of 180 °).
- the camera 5 is configured to take rich images in the respective Jardinbe.
- This variant of the UV lamp also has a ring 6 which is equipped with at least one near-IR LED (not shown) in each sector of the UV lamp.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic drawing of the same UV lamp as in FIG. 1, only in a representation rotated by 90 ° along the central axis Z of the lamp body, that is, in a representation from the side of the UV lamp.
- Ring which has near-infrared LEDs and / or PIR sensors;
- Z central axis of the lamp body.
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