Los Alamitos-based Dimer UVC Innovation, a maker of ultraviolet light-powered disinfectant products for businesses in the medical, aerospace and other industries, has launched a new product targeted at hospital uses.
The UV Hammer uses ultraviolet-C spectrum light to kill bacteria and viruses. Similar offerings are already used in many hospitals, but co-founder and President Mo Kreitenberg said the UV hammer is much more powerful and effective—it disinfects an entire operating room in only three minutes, versus the traditional method of leaving the ultraviolet lights on overnight.
The UV Hammer has been tested out to disinfect a surgery center in Los Angeles, and Kreitenberg said the company is now in negotiations with several manufacturing and distribution candidates, as well as other prospective customers.
Dimer opened in 2015 with its patented GermFalcon commercial airplane disinfecting product. The company has five employees, and has raised a $500,000 friends and family round.
The company is also working on another product, the GermRover, in partnership with Alabama-based engineering firm Teledyne Brown Engineering for use in the International Space Station. The GermRover would operate like a Roomba, constantly disinfecting the space station in zero gravity conditions.
