Sterly — the UVC handheld sanitizer effective against pathogens, including Covid-19

Jan. 4, 2021 - PRLog -- The majority of products leveraging this technology are mercury UV lamps, which are not convenient enough for day-to-day personal use: they are too big to carry, mercury is toxic, and the lamps require long warm-up times. Most commercially available UVC LEDs products that are small and convenient are too weak.

What is Sterly?

Sterly is specifically designed for sterilizing objects we encounter frequently a day: phones, masks, utensils, water bottles, etc, making it multifunctional. It is portable and convenient, a size of 10x3x3cm mercury-free Sterly is simple to use, works straight away, and fits in your pocket or purse. It is equipped with a high quality Klaran made 60mW 265nm LED (KL265–50U-SM-WD), cleaning an item in 5–15 seconds, depending on size and distance to the object.

Sterly cleans a mask in about 15 seconds each sides without destroying its structure.  According to studies, a UVC dose of 10J/cm2 does not change a normal surgical mask's filtration efficiency. The reusability of masks can be greatly increased, dramatically reducing the amount of disposed masks.

As UVC light can be harmful to humans, Sterly has a tailor-made circuit to combine a bright, visible pilot LED and invisible UVC light, it is easy to tell when it is switched on and which areas are being disinfected.

There are some studies that can give us some ideas of the dose needed to inactivate germs. For example:
[Sar-Cov-2 studies with 265nm radiation] (https://www.led-professional.com/products-services/stanle...)

With the above studies show that Covid-19, the virus with ssRNA and one of the easiest to be inactivated, required 5.1mJ/cm2 of dose with 265nm radiation. Sterly reaches 5.1mJ/cm2 of dose in 6sec at 5cm distance (3sec at 3cm distance).

Sterly is the best handheld flashlight-inspired UVC device. Striving for an intelligent and sophisticated balance between power and convenience, Sterly is superior to other UVC handheld devices existing in the market in powerfulness, convenience and safety.

Pricing and Availability

Sterly will be available on Kickstarter in 3 weeks. Once the campaign ends, the products are set to ship to all backers by May 2021. The starting price for one Sterly is $69USD.

Want to learn more about Sterly? Please visit their official website at https://www.sterlyuvc.com/.

Anna Tokarieva

Public Relations