Patents by Inventor Paul Plantinga

Paul Plantinga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for disinfecting a space
    Patent number: 9616148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for disinfecting a space and the objects present therein, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps of: (a) determining a first value of the relative humidity of the air in the space; (b) vaporizing a disinfecting liquid in the space until a predetermined second value of the relative humidity of the air in the space is reached; and (c) maintaining the relative humidity of the air at the second value for a predetermined time by means of vaporizing the disinfecting liquid, wherein the vaporization of the disinfecting liquid takes place by means of ultrasonic sound waves. With the method and device according to the invention all kinds of spaces of differing dimensions can be disinfected in very effective manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Infection Control B.V.
    Inventors: Frank Olaf Klaassen, Sander Albert Alma, Carolus Borromeus H. Musters, Paul Plantinga, Cornelis Pieter Timmerman
  • Method and Device for Disinfecting a Space
    Publication number: 20110123394
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for disinfecting a space and the objects present therein, which method comprises at least the following steps of: (a) determining a first value of the relative humidity of the air in the space; (b) atomizing a disinfecting liquid in the space until a predetermined second value of the relative humidity of the air is reached in the space, and; (c) maintaining the relative humidity of the air for a predetermined time at the second value by means of atomizing the disinfecting liquid, wherein the method further comprises of decreasing the relative humidity of the air in the space prior to and/or during atomizing of the disinfecting liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Paul Plantinga, Sander Albert Alma, Carolus Borromeus Henricus Musters, Cornelis Pieter Timmerman, Frank Olaf Klaassen
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING A SPACE
    Publication number: 20100233020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for disinfecting a space and the objects present therein, wherein the method comprises at least the following steps of: (a) determining a first value of the relative humidity of the air in the space; (b) vaporizing a disinfecting liquid in the space until a predetermined second value of the relative humidity of the air in the space is reached; and (c) maintaining the relative humidity of the air at the second value for a predetermined time by means of vaporizing the disinfecting liquid, wherein the vaporization of the disinfecting liquid takes place by means of ultrasonic sound waves. With the method and device according to the invention all kinds of spaces of differing dimensions can be disinfected in very effective manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Frank Olaf Klaassen, Sander Albert Alma, Carolus Borromeus H. Musters, Paul Plantinga, Cornelis Pieter Timmerman