Patent 10293065 was granted and assigned to Teleflex Medical on May, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An ultraviolet irradiation system includes a medical device having a central lumen, an optical fiber having a longitudinal length, and an ultraviolet wave generator, wherein ultraviolet waves generated by the wave generator are dispersed along the longitudinal length of the optical fiber to disinfect the central lumen of the medical device.