Patents Assigned to Vital Vio, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10918747
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for inactivating microorganisms are disclosed. An example method comprises emitting, with a first light source, a first light comprising a first correlated color temperature (CCT), emitting, with a second light source, a second light comprising a second CCT and, varying respective power levels of the first light source and the second light source such that the first light and the second light combine to form white light comprising an intensity associated with light in a 380-420 nanometer (nm) wavelength range sufficient to initiate inactivation of microorganisms on the surface and a third CCT between the first CCT and the second CCT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 10835627
    Abstract: A light emitting device which inactivates microorganisms is disclosed. The light emitting device may include a flexible light emitting layer emitting a light; and a transparent or translucent layer over the flexible light emitting layer. The light may travel through and exit an exterior surface of the transparent or translucent layer, creating an exiting light. The exiting light exiting the transparent or translucent layer may have at least a portion thereof having a wavelength in a range of 380 to 420 nanometers, and may disinfect the exterior surface of the transparent or translucent layer. The light emitting device may be used alone to create a self-disinfecting high touch surface, e.g., on a door, or may be shaped to mate with other structure to create a disinfecting high touch surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Jones, Colleen Costello, Cori Winslow, Robert Barron, William Grambo, Jorel Lalicki
  • Patent number: 10806812
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multiple light emitter device which inactivates microorganisms. The device includes at least two light emitters and at least one light-converting material arranged to convert at least a portion of light from the light emitters. Any unconverted light emitted from the light emitters and converted light emitted from the at least one light-converting material mixes to form a combined light, the combined light being white. In one aspect, the light emitters include at least one blue light emitter and at least one violet light emitter. In another aspect, the light emitters include one blue light emitter and one emitter within the range of approximately yellow to infra-red light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Cori Winslow, Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 10753575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device which inactivates microorganisms. The device includes a light emitter and at least one light-converting material arranged to convert at least a portion of light from the light emitter. Any light emitted from the light emitter and converted light emitted from the at least one light-converting material mixes to form a combined light, the combined light having a proportion of spectral energy measured in an approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm range of greater than approximately 20 percent. In another embodiment, the device includes a light emitter configured to emit light with wavelengths in a range of 380 to 420 nm, and at least one light-converting material including at least one optical brightener and configured to emit a second light. The first light exiting the device and the second light exiting the device mix to form a combined light, the combined light being white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorel Lalicki, Robert Barron, James W Peterson
  • Patent number: 10617774
    Abstract: A light emitting cover which inactivates microorganisms for covering a high touch surface is disclosed. The light emitting cover includes a body having an interior configured to cover at least a portion of the high touch surface and an exterior surface configured to be disinfected. At least an exterior portion of the body is transparent or translucent. A light emitter operably is coupled to the body for emitting a light through the exterior surface. The light exiting the exterior surface has at least a portion thereof having a wavelength in a range of 380 to 420 nanometers to disinfect the exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Cori Winslow, Colleen Costello, Nicholas Jones, Robert Barron, William Grambo, Jorel Lalicki
  • Patent number: 10413626
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a multiple light emitter device which inactivates microorganisms. The device includes at least two light emitters and at least one light-converting material arranged to convert at least a portion of light from the light emitters. Any unconverted light emitted from the light emitters and converted light emitted from the at least one light-converting material mixes to form a combined light, the combined light being white. In one aspect, the light emitters include at least one blue light emitter and at least one violet light emitter. In another aspect, the light emitters include one blue light emitter and one emitter within the range of approximately yellow to infra-red light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Cori Winslow, Nicholas Jones
  • Patent number: 10357582
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device which inactivates microorganisms. The device includes a light emitter and at least one light-converting material arranged to convert at least a portion of light from the light emitter. Any light emitted from the light emitter and converted light emitted from the at least one light-converting material mixes to form a combined light, the combined light having a proportion of spectral energy measured in an approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm range of greater than approximately 10 percent. In another embodiment, the device includes a light emitter configured to emit light with wavelengths in a range of 380 to 420 nm, and at least one light-converting material including at least one optical brightener and configured to emit a second light. The first light exiting the device and the second light exiting the device mix to form a combined light, the combined light being white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Jorel Lalicki, James W Peterson, Nicholas Jones, Cori J. Winslow
  • Patent number: 9927097
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device which inactivates microorganisms. The device includes a light emitter and at least one light-converting material arranged to convert at least a portion of light from the light emitter. Any light emitted from the light emitter and converted light emitted from the at least one light-converting material mixes to form a combined light, the combined light having a proportion of spectral energy measured in an approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm range of greater than approximately 20 percent. In another embodiment, the device includes a light emitter configured to emit light with wavelengths in a range of 380 to 420 nm, and at least one light-converting material including at least one optical brightener and configured to emit a second light. The first light exiting the device and the second light exiting the device mix to form a combined light, the combined light being white.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Vital Vio Inc.
    Inventors: Jorel Lalicki, Robert Barron, James W Peterson
  • Patent number: 9713223
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of automatically calibrating a luminaire including at least one light emitting diode (LED) engine, the LED engine including a plurality of LEDs and a controller for driving the at least one LED engine. The method comprises acquiring an image of light emitted from each LED of the LED engine, first determining whether each LED has a predetermined intensity for a color of the LED, first adjusting each LED that does not have the predetermined intensity to have the predetermined intensity for the color of the LED, measuring, by a spectrometer, a color spectrum of a combined light of the LED engine, the color spectrum including a plurality of measured color spectrums, second determining whether a variation exists between each of the plurality of measured color spectrums and a predetermined color spectrum of a control data unit, and second adjusting at least one LED to correct variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barron, Robert Rouhani, Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson
  • Patent number: 9439989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light fixture. The light fixture includes at least one first light source that emits at a peak wavelength in a range of approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm and at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength, wherein a combined light output of the at least one first light source and the at least one second light source emits a colored light that is perceived as white light. The white light is defined by having a color rendering index (CRI) value of more than approximately 50. The at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength consists of an xy coordinate on a International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 xy color space diagram above a black body curve within a bounded area defined by a first line of approximately y=2.23989x?0.382773 and a second line of approximately y=1.1551x?0.195082.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: Jorel Lalicki, James W. Peterson
  • Patent number: 9333274
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a light fixture. The light fixture includes at least one first light source that emits at a peak wavelength in a range of approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm and at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength, wherein a combined light output of the at least one first light source and the at least one second light source emits a colored light that is perceived as white light. The white light is defined by having a color rendering index (CRI) value of more than approximately 50. The at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength consists of an xy coordinate on a International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 xy color space diagram above a black body curve within a bounded area defined by a first line of approximately y=2.23989x?0.382773 and a second line of approximately y=1.1551x?0.195082.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Vital Vio, Inc.
    Inventors: James W. Peterson, Jorel Lalicki