A New Concept to Resolve Urological Bacterial Infections USPTO Application #: 90522919
What is germicidal ultraviolet?
UV-C light is germicidal – by deactivating the DNA of bacteria, viruses and other pathogens and thus destroys their ability to multiply and cause disease.
Specifically, UV-C light causes damage to the nucleic acid of microorganisms by forming covalent bonds between certain adjacent bases in the DNA.
The formation of such bonds prevents the DNA from being unzipped for replication; the organism is then unable to reproduce. In fact, when the organism attempts to replicate, it dies.
Details
- The concept design will enter the body by way of a thin wall translucent urinary catheter, namely, the UroDirect™ device, which was designed to work in conjunction with the UVLDirect™.
- The concept is designed to emit an UV-C light by way of a surgical fiber that will carry the light at a said strength between 254nm – 404nm designated to kill pathogenic bacteria.
- The UV light is directed via a thin flexible peripheral lead, namely a surgical fiber commonly found with lasers.
- The surgical fiber is designed to make direct contact with a light source namely a short-wave low-pressure mercury vapor tube, i.e.: UV-C light bulb.
- The lumens of light would be comparable to a said strength between 254nm – 404nm designed to kill pathogenic bacteria.
- UVC-LED 254nm – 405nm verses using the idea of a laser – SETi
- This would allow a predicate device registration claim to be made in the 510(k) filing.