A Jamaican Student Invented A Self-Disinfecting Door Handle For Hospitals: ‘Design That Fits Reality’

A Jamaican Student Invented A Self-Disinfecting Door Handle For Hospitals: ‘Design That Fits Reality’

A Jamaican Student Invented A Self-Disinfecting Door Handle For Hospitals: ‘Design That Fits Reality’ – Rayvon Stewart, released as a courtesy A Jamaican university student has invented a self-cleaning door handle that’s been described as a “life-saving design that fits” the reality of the Caribbean. Using ultraviolet light, similar to various automatic cleaning devices invented and deployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it kills 99.9% of pathogens while being safe for humans and animals. Bacteria multiplies and spreads fast in the tropical climate of the Caribbean, so it’s the ideal product for hospitals and other public buildings. Inventor Rayvon Stewart won Jamaica’s Prime Minister’s National Youth Award and the Commonwealth Health Innovations Awards in the process of seeking a patent under international intellectual property law. His story would be that of the classic second-generation immigrant to America: if he were one. But since he isn’t, Stewart and others view it as an outgrowth o…