US 12,168,078 B2
Sterilizing surgical instrument table
John Mansell, Gillette, WY (US)
Filed by John Mansell, Gillette, WY (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,435.
Application 18/242,435 is a continuation of application No. 17/734,296, filed on May 2, 2022, granted, now 11,779,669.
Application 17/734,296 is a continuation of application No. 16/647,819, granted, now 11,331,399, issued on May 17, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2018/052054, filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/562,036, filed on Sep. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0405165 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61B 50/15 (2016.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61B 50/15 (2016.02); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first plurality of ultraviolet light emitting diodes positioned in a first substrate;
a first sheet of transparent material in thermal contact with at least a portion of the first plurality of ultraviolet light emitting diodes, wherein there in no air gap between the first plurality of ultraviolet light emitting diodes and the first sheet of transparent material; and
a first frame surrounding the first substrate and the first sheet, forming a first panel.