Apparatus for irradiating liquids

US7651660B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Kaiser · Neustadt, DE
• Jörg Kauling
• Hans-Jürgen Henzler · Solingen, DE
• Isabell Günther · Leverkusen, DE
• Franz Schmitt · Erlangen, DE
• Erhard Beckers · Burscheid, DE
• Stefan Quest · Leichlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 12, 2001
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S422/905
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Described is a reactor for irradiating ultraviolet light into a fluid reaction medium (3). The reactor consists of at least one housing (15) which encloses a tubular cavity, with a radiation source (1) for generating ultraviolet light and an inner tube (2) which, together with the housing (15), forms an irradiation chamber (26) which, in particular, is of annular shape, the irradiation chamber (26) being connected at least with an inlet (13) and an outlet (14) for the reaction medium (3) and is perfused by reaction medium (3) in the longitudinal direction of the tube (2), the irradiation chamber (26) being equipped with means (6, 25) for generating an additional radial flow routing of the reaction medium (3).