Uv Self Sterilizing Door Handle

I would love for this idea to come into fruition in the near future.

Uv self sterilizing door handle.

A simple yet high tech gadget was created to defend the germ filled society from such diseases. The present application is directed to methods and devices for a self powered sterilizing door handle. This self sterilizing door handle designed by choi bomi has won red dot 2010 design concept award. Ultraviolet light can help but how to make it count is the question.

The door handles in public places used by many people often act as disease carriers but not this brillianly designed handle. The handle attendant is a special set of uv light fixtures that are mounted above and below the ada approved door handle to safely and effectively self sterilize the door handle in seconds with uv technology. The concept uses uv lights to sterilize the handle. Cue the self sterilizing door handle.

The door handle consists of an actuator pivotably attached to a housing. The way that this door handle would work is that when it is not in use a uv light comes on and will radiate throughout the whole handle. The handle attendant kills 99 9 of viruses germs and bacteria in seconds with uv technology. Turn something everyone touches into a place to stop rather than spread common contact.

Public door handles are often teeming with harmful bacteria particularly in places like restrooms. Self sanitizing uv door knob kills germs. I came across this concept of a self sterilizing door handle. The door handle with a self sterilization system.

Cleaning commonly touched surfaces like door handles is essential but still something of a hassle which is something this self sanitizing door handle aims to change. The handle is achieved with a glass tube that s accented by aluminum caps at the top and bottom that hide uv light technology. The device uses ultraviolet light to cause a chemical reaction that kills germs. The self sterilizing door handle is a red dot design concept winning entry created by choi bomi.

This is not a real product yet but rather an idea. As opposed to door knobs its design features a handle that rests horizontally and meant to push down to unlock the door. This innovative door handle uses a uv lamp to sterilize itself. A pair of students in hong kong have created a self cleaning door handle.

In tests it was able to kill 99 8 of. The only defense we humans have against these common communicable diseases is prevention. The uv light produced by the uv light source is directed to an outer surface of the actuator thereby deactivating microorganisms on the outer surface. How the handle self sterilizes is through the use of uv light that runs.