That’s the reality of startupLit Thinking’s Visium products.
These UV-spectrum lights can kill all the airborne pathogens that lead to people getting sick without harming humans.
This new pillar, then, is germicidal, ultraviolet light."
Office team working under Visium lights.Lit Thinking
UV light killing pathogens isn’t anything new, said Rajchert.
We’ve known about the effect for more than 100 years.
The problem is that it’s harmful to us.
Lit Thinking Visium light in an office ceiling.Lit Thinking
“[UV wavelengths] penetrate into the basal layers and can produce carcinogenic effects,” Rajchert said.
The action of the light, said Rajchert, is logarithmic.
His company’s lighting system has an app that can be used as a control and visualization panel.
Visium lights in a darkened meeting room.Visium
The next pandemic could be right around the corner, said Rajchert, and bioterrorism is an ever-present threat.
He thinks that this technology, as implemented by his company, could help us stay safer than ever.
There are all sorts of other environments we go to that don’t have this sort of tech installed.
Visium lighting unit with UV lighting panels exposed.Lit Thinking
The CDC, for example, recommends that an enclosed space gets five changes of air per hour.
Safety and Efficacy
People have two main questions when they install these systems, said Rajchert.
Does it work and is it safe?
Corporate business people working in busy marketing office space.Adobe Stock
“We’ve got hundreds and hundreds of independent studies to show that it works,” he said.
They also have scientific agreements with Cornell University and Nagoya University in Japan.
Lots of the illnesses found in large groups of livestock and chickens, he said, are airborne.
There’s a third-party proprietary rig embedded in the lighting unit.
“Anything under 100 is really good indoor air quality.”
Correction 7/12/24: Updated paragraph 6 to the correct nanometer measurement.
