Boeing licenses ultraviolet wand to counter COVID-19
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E-mail Xinhua, September 23, 2020
Boeing on Tuesday entered into a patent and technology license with Florida-based Healthe Inc., under which Healthe will manufacture an ultraviolet (UV) wand designed to sanitize airplane interiors, according to a news release from Boeing.
Boeing designed and developed the UV wand to disinfect surfaces on an airplane as part of the company's Confident Travel Initiative (CTI) to support customers and enhance the safety and well-being of passengers and crews during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Boeing spent six months transforming an idea for the wand into a working model, and Healthe will now take that prototype and make it available to the world at large," said Mike Delaney, who leads Boeing's CTI efforts.
Healthe will produce and distribute the commercial wand, helping airlines and potentially others combat the coronavirus pandemic. The technology could be available for airlines in late fall.
The UV wand is particularly effective in compact spaces and sanitizes a flight deck in less than 15 minutes, Boeing said.
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