Current Events > University student invents a self-cleaning door handle for hospitals.

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A Jamaican university student has invented a self-cleaning door handle thats been described as a life-saving design that fits the reality of the Caribbean.

Using ultraviolet light, similar to various automatic cleaning devices invented and deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it kills 99.9% of pathogens while being safe for humans and animals. Bacteria multiplies and spreads fast in the tropical climate of the Caribbean, so its the ideal product for hospitals and other public buildings.

Inventor Rayvon Stewart won Jamaicas Prime Ministers National Youth Award and the Commonwealth Health Innovations Awards in the process of seeking a patent under international intellectual property law.

His story would be that of the classic second-generation immigrant to America: if he were one. But since he isnt, Stewart and others view it as an outgrowth of the Caribbeans growing science and engineering talent pool.

He and his cousin were the first in his family to attend university, having grown up in rough agricultural conditions on Jamaicas Mount Prospect.

Even though times were tough, we never really thought about that. We knew that we had something to do as a family, Stewart told the Guardian.

At Jamaicas University of Technology he fell in love with inventing. He worked on a software that allowed people to virtually try on clothes, before a stint of volunteering in a hospital revealed the need for better sanitation.

Called Xermosol, the door handle is shaped a little like Pac-Man. About two-thirds of the circular handle houses the technological components beneath a grey shell, while the part you grab to open the door is under a set of ultraviolet lights that activate via a touch sensor. It takes about 30 seconds to disinfect the handle.

Dr. Camille-Ann Thoms-Rodriguez, a University of the West Indies consultant microbiologist, said of Stewart that were very proud of him.

A lot of the innovation that we see in healthcare is often from a first-world country where there are more resources but it doesnt mean that we dont have good ideas here, she added.

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Full Article: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-jamaican-student-invented-a-self-disinfecting-door-handle-for-hospitals-design-that-fits-reality/

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Neat idea

or they could just use brass or silver

I dont even touch bathroom knobs/handles anymore.

Hell idk why every door there just are push style to exit.

That's a fantastic idea. Good on that guy.

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Prismsblade posted...

I dont even touch bathroom knobs/handles anymore.

Hell idk why every door there just are push style to exit.

I like the foot-claw things, though they might fuck up shoes.

Is this one of those things that gets "invented" like twice a year and then nothing ever happens because it had been invented previously and it turns out it isn't cost effective or doesn't scale?

Like how every year some student "invents" a way to make clean water from contaminated water using basic hardware store supplies?

And of course Unfair couldn't be bothered to look for an actual picture of the product which exists.
https://xermosol.com/

Very awesome

Prismsblade posted...

I dont even touch bathroom knobs/handles anymore.

Hell idk why every door there just are push style to exit.

This. I always just use my foot to open doors, when it's possible.

Evening_Dragon posted...

I like the foot-claw things, though they might fuck up shoes.

*uses foot to try to open the foot handle on the pull door*
*someone outside immediately shoves the door open*

Every damn time.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

or they could just use brass or silver

I know, right? I live in an old building and most of the door knobs are brass.

Very cool