This machine emits ultraviolet with an intensity 25,000 times that of the sun.
No one can be in the room when it operates, but it can disinfect a hospital room in a minute an a half.
Cost over $100,000
These are already in a couple of hospitals here in the US. I'm not sure about the one the Ebola patient is in.
They are also being sent to Liberia to be used in Ebola clinics there.
In addition this robot also kills all the drug resistant germs that are so common in hospitals .
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2014/10/06/ebola-killing-robot-developed-in-texas/16794187/
Ebola killing robot developed in Texas
8:40 p.m. EDT October 6, 2014
"Little Moe" is a germ-zapping robot that may be a key piece to fighting the Ebola virus. (Photo: KENS)
(Photo: Getty)
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San Antonio, TX (KENS) - A local invention may turn out to be a key piece of technology in the fight against Ebola. It's a robot used by hospitals to disinfect and destroy bacteria and viruses.
Meet "Little Moe" the germ-zapping robot.
"What's inside here is a xenon bulb," said Mark Stibich, PH.D.
See Also: Jaguars apologize for mascot's Ebola sign
That bulb emits powerful UV light, which fuses the DNA of a virus and kills it. This powerful technology is now being used in 250 hospitals across the U.S. Little Moe was developed in the Alamo City by Xenex. Its customers include the University Health System in San Antonio and the Dallas hospital where doctors are treating the first man ever diagnosed with Ebola in America.
A robot used by hospitals to disinfect and destroy bacteria and viruses may turn out to be the key piece of technology in the fight against Ebola.
"We have been communicating with them and supporting them in any way we can," said Stibich.
Dr. Mark Stibich with Xenex said these robots can rid a hospital room of germs in 5 minutes and destroy Ebola on any surface in 2 minutes.
"The operator will come in they log in," he explained.
And leave the robot in a room by itself. It pulses UV light 1.5 times per second cleaning every surface in a hospital room.
"And what our customers have seen and reported in the medical literature is reduction in these infections in the rate of up to 50 percent," he said.
Dr. Stibich said while the Ebola virus is causing a lot of concern right now, he said, it's not as big as a threat here as it is in Africa because of our superior health care and advanced medical technology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ55tV78Stg
No one can be in the room when it operates, but it can disinfect a hospital room in a minute an a half.
Cost over $100,000
These are already in a couple of hospitals here in the US. I'm not sure about the one the Ebola patient is in.
They are also being sent to Liberia to be used in Ebola clinics there.
In addition this robot also kills all the drug resistant germs that are so common in hospitals .
http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2014/10/06/ebola-killing-robot-developed-in-texas/16794187/
Ebola killing robot developed in Texas
8:40 p.m. EDT October 6, 2014
"Little Moe" is a germ-zapping robot that may be a key piece to fighting the Ebola virus. (Photo: KENS)
(Photo: Getty)
32 CONNECT 35 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE
San Antonio, TX (KENS) - A local invention may turn out to be a key piece of technology in the fight against Ebola. It's a robot used by hospitals to disinfect and destroy bacteria and viruses.
Meet "Little Moe" the germ-zapping robot.
"What's inside here is a xenon bulb," said Mark Stibich, PH.D.
See Also: Jaguars apologize for mascot's Ebola sign
That bulb emits powerful UV light, which fuses the DNA of a virus and kills it. This powerful technology is now being used in 250 hospitals across the U.S. Little Moe was developed in the Alamo City by Xenex. Its customers include the University Health System in San Antonio and the Dallas hospital where doctors are treating the first man ever diagnosed with Ebola in America.
A robot used by hospitals to disinfect and destroy bacteria and viruses may turn out to be the key piece of technology in the fight against Ebola.
"We have been communicating with them and supporting them in any way we can," said Stibich.
Dr. Mark Stibich with Xenex said these robots can rid a hospital room of germs in 5 minutes and destroy Ebola on any surface in 2 minutes.
"The operator will come in they log in," he explained.
And leave the robot in a room by itself. It pulses UV light 1.5 times per second cleaning every surface in a hospital room.
"And what our customers have seen and reported in the medical literature is reduction in these infections in the rate of up to 50 percent," he said.
Dr. Stibich said while the Ebola virus is causing a lot of concern right now, he said, it's not as big as a threat here as it is in Africa because of our superior health care and advanced medical technology.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ55tV78Stg