Uv led based water purification module for intermittantly operable flow-through hydration systems

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A wearable or portable intermittently operable hydration system (10) includes a purification module (22) that contains one or more solid state UV devices that are positioned in the path of hydrating fluid or water, flow through the , hydration system to a mouthpiece (18) or other orifice. The purification module (22) provides a path for the fluid past one or more solid state UV devices, such as UV LEDs, that produce UV radiation in a germicidal range. When the fluid is flowing past the UV LEDs the LEDs are turned on to provide , sufficient UV radiation to purify the water. The UV LEDs are instant on devices with essentially no ramp-up required and a sensor (20) or other , signaling …