UVGI Cleaning of Card Payment Terminals

COVID-19使世界发生了不可估量的变化，人们比以往任何时候都更加了解细菌是如何传播的，以及他们接触的日常物品。研究表明，信用卡和现金藏有许多有害细菌，可以传播疾病。随着世界从COVID-19中走出来，重要的是要尽量保持不同人经常接触的物品清洁，以使人们安心并防止疾病传播。由于银行卡支付终端上的键盘每天都会被许多人触摸，因此改善这些终端的清洁度将提高零售商/客户的安全性和信心。我们打算设计一种安全、复古的清洁装置，适用于大多数信用卡支付终端，保持它们的清洁，并有助于阻止疾病的传播。影响延长基金将允许我们通过专利保护来保护我们的设备。一旦专利申请被批准，我们将启动一项公关活动来推广我们的设备，以期找到一个合适的商业合作伙伴，我们可以与之合作，将我们的设备推向市场。我们将完善我们的设计工作，并考虑将我们的快速清洁技术应用于其他潜在市场。我们将发展稳健的商业模式，以善用我们的发展，使投资回报最大化。

COVID-19 has caused the world to change immeasurably and people are more aware than ever before about how germs are spread and the day to day objects that they touch. Studies have shown that credit cards and cash are known to harbour many harmful bacteria and can spread disease.As the world moves on from COVID-19, it is important to try to keep items that are touched regularly by different people clean in order to set peoples mind at ease and to prevent the spread of disease. As the keypads on Card Payment Terminals are touched by many people every day, improving the cleanliness of these terminals will improve retailer / customer safety and confidence.We intend to design a safe, retro fit cleaning device that works with most Card Payment Terminals, keeping them clean and helping to stop the spread of disease.The Extension for Impact funding will allow us to protect our device through patent protection. Once patent pending status has been granted, we will then launch a PR campaign promote our device with a view to finding a suitable commercial partner who we can work with to take our device forwards to market. We will both refine our design work and look at adaption of our rapid cleaning technology for alternative potential markets. We will develop a robust commercial model to leverage our development to maximise the return on investment.