Apparatus for sterilizing contact lenses

摘要

Flashlamp system for sterilising microorganisms comprises a flashlamp (104) for generating high-intensity, short-duration pulses of polychromatic light in a broad spectrum. The light pulses are directed at the target object to deactivate the microorganisms. A photosensitive detector (102) receives a portion of each of the pulses as a measure of the amount of light illuminating the target object to generate an output signal. A control system (106), coupled to the flashlamp system and photo-sensitive detector, determines in response to the output signal whether the pulses of light are sufficient to cause a prescribed level of deactivation of microorganisms in the target object.