WEARABLE AND/OR CONTACT OPERATED UV-C DEVICES FOR VIRAL AND BACTERIAL DECONTAMINATION FROM SURFACES

Disclosed herein is a glove device for safely and reliably handling and decontaminating surfaces from microorganisms as well as continuously self-decontaminating subsequent to and/or during utilization thereof. Such a glove includes embedded UV-C light sources under controlled power outputs to impart decontamination/disinfection capabilities as well as protect any users thereof from potential low UV wavelength effects. Such light sources utilize a specific range of low UV radiation within the UV-C wavelengths (from 240-300 nm) generated by individual UV light emitting diodes (LEDs) with possible additional emission capabilities through fiber optics. Additionally, the LEDs extend from an external layer of water-proof, substantially nonporous, potentially IPA-resistant material, in order to allow for UV-C emissions to direct outwardly from the device for exposure to a contacted surface as well as over the entirety of the outer surface of the device itself.