Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device
Abstract Background Infectious diseases, such as the latest COVID pandemic, caused by microorganisms like bacteria and virus, wreak havoc shaking human civilization with its rapid infection rate, and high number of mortalities. In case of a contagious disease, the virus can survive on any surface ov...
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| author | Sreerup Banerjee Shriram Raghunathan Saubhik Banerjee Boudhayan Bandyopadhyay |
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| description | Abstract Background Infectious diseases, such as the latest COVID pandemic, caused by microorganisms like bacteria and virus, wreak havoc shaking human civilization with its rapid infection rate, and high number of mortalities. In case of a contagious disease, the virus can survive on any surface over a period of time and can be transferred to the human host through touching those surfaces unknowingly. Cleaning those possible surfaces to which these microorganisms can cling onto is one of the major ways to curb the spread. The aim of this study was to design a sterilizer which can clean such surfaces of daily used items easily within a certain period of time and can assess the cleaning efficacy by estimating the presence of microbes before and after sanitization. Method development To achieve this goal, we propose a portable sterilization unit that contains a sterilization chamber fitted with a microbe content detector. The sterilization chamber will cleanse the surfaces off the microbes using ultraviolet radiation. The chamber can be portable and at the same time big enough to accommodate items of daily use, like watch, wallet, clothes, utensils to even foods for single-house application. The microbe content detector will detect the success of the sterilization procedure by examining the time-lapse laser speckle images captured by a high-speed camera by mean of image processing algorithm, such that the user can determine whether further sterilization is required. Conclusions Microbe content detection device associated with the conventional sterilization procedure will give an assessment of the effectiveness of the sterilization. Successful implementation of sterilization for a wide variety of items of everyday use aided with microbe content detection technique is first of its kind and should be an effective tool for use in large communities, offices and public places for effective sterilization to help fight against the spread of infectious diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc4082e014b642f7b599fa201ff699292022-12-21T22:02:55ZengSpringerOpenBulletin of the National Research Centre2522-83072021-02-014511510.1186/s42269-021-00496-zPortable sterilizer with microbe content detection deviceSreerup Banerjee0Shriram Raghunathan1Saubhik Banerjee2Boudhayan Bandyopadhyay3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Haldia Institute of TechnologySchool of Computer Science and Engineering, VIT Bhopal UniversityGlocal Healthcare Systems Private LimitedDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas UniversityAbstract Background Infectious diseases, such as the latest COVID pandemic, caused by microorganisms like bacteria and virus, wreak havoc shaking human civilization with its rapid infection rate, and high number of mortalities. In case of a contagious disease, the virus can survive on any surface over a period of time and can be transferred to the human host through touching those surfaces unknowingly. Cleaning those possible surfaces to which these microorganisms can cling onto is one of the major ways to curb the spread. The aim of this study was to design a sterilizer which can clean such surfaces of daily used items easily within a certain period of time and can assess the cleaning efficacy by estimating the presence of microbes before and after sanitization. Method development To achieve this goal, we propose a portable sterilization unit that contains a sterilization chamber fitted with a microbe content detector. The sterilization chamber will cleanse the surfaces off the microbes using ultraviolet radiation. The chamber can be portable and at the same time big enough to accommodate items of daily use, like watch, wallet, clothes, utensils to even foods for single-house application. The microbe content detector will detect the success of the sterilization procedure by examining the time-lapse laser speckle images captured by a high-speed camera by mean of image processing algorithm, such that the user can determine whether further sterilization is required. Conclusions Microbe content detection device associated with the conventional sterilization procedure will give an assessment of the effectiveness of the sterilization. Successful implementation of sterilization for a wide variety of items of everyday use aided with microbe content detection technique is first of its kind and should be an effective tool for use in large communities, offices and public places for effective sterilization to help fight against the spread of infectious diseases.https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00496-zSterilizationUltravioletMicrobe detectionLaser speckleImage processing |
| spellingShingle | Sreerup Banerjee Shriram Raghunathan Saubhik Banerjee Boudhayan Bandyopadhyay Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device Bulletin of the National Research Centre Sterilization Ultraviolet Microbe detection Laser speckle Image processing |
| title | Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device |
| title_full | Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device |
| title_fullStr | Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device |
| title_full_unstemmed | Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device |
| title_short | Portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device |
| title_sort | portable sterilizer with microbe content detection device |
| topic | Sterilization Ultraviolet Microbe detection Laser speckle Image processing |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-021-00496-z |
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