LAS VEGAS, Aug. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A 38 year old,
retired, Professional Figure Skater, has invented an apparatus that
completely disinfects all of a consumer's groceries, at the point
of sale, before they are put in a bag.
The patent pending product is called Sterilane™, and fits all
conveyor-belt driven POS systems.
Jamie Leigh Klingler,
Vice-President of Product development for Smith Rosen, a Southern
Nevada UVC product manufacturer, is a survivor of the chronic form
of Coccidiomycosis, commonly known as "Valley Fever", a
debilitating condition that caused her to suffer a brain
hemorrhage, and left her living with half a lung.
Klingler, like millions of people like her, is
immunocompromised.
This means that even the slightest chance of contracting any
virus or bacteria through touching a contaminated surface, or
product, keeps her home.
Where there is no evidence to suggest that COVID-19 can be
transmitted through food, there is increased evidence that the
transmission of the coronavirus occurs through touch, far more
often than had been previously reported by the CDC.
The New England Journal of Medicine has found that fomite
transmission of virus could occur up to 3 hours on copper, for up
to 4 hours on cardboard, on plastic and stainless steel, for up to
72 hours, and up to five days on glass.
Because it's still unclear how long SARS-CoV-2 can linger on
surfaces, and how infectious those surfaces could be, and having
successfully developed UVC powered slot machine partitions for
casinos, Klingler thought it would be of great benefit to
supermarkets to provide consumers with the ability to disinfect
products, before they leave the store.
Sterilane™ is comprised of an anti-microbial sheet of malleable
plastic fitted with high power UVC strips. The plastic sheet, when
bent 180 degrees forms a semi-hemispherical dome, that when
attached to a check-out lane, utilizes ultra violet light to
eradicate lingering viruses and bacteria on consumer products
as they travel down the conveyor belt.
Klingler says, "The secret to mitigating the spread of the
coronavirus is to be proactive. Fortunately, now, the
technology exists to insure that supermarket customers do not
acquire coronavirus through contaminated packaging."
Research shows that shoppers have a tendency to spend
more when shopping in person, and far less when
having groceries delivered.
Sterilane™ is expected to launch in North American
Supermarkets mid- September 2020.
Contact: Jamie Klingler,
dr@smithrosen.com
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