Benefits of Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum
- Halo Ultraviolet vacuum uses ultraviolet light in the "C" Spectrum. The UV-C technology can immediately deactivate the DNA of the target organisms, thus destroying their ability to multiply.
- UV-C technology has been safely used in air and water purification systems to disinfect and sanitize hospitals, medical clinics, food production facilities and drinking water for more than 60 years.
- Only a Halo vacuum "Cleans what you see, Kills what you can't" For example Halo Vacuum can destroy 99.99% of the flu virus on contact
Why Choose Halo?
The idea for Halo was conceived while CEO/Founder Ken Garcia and his wife Carrie watched their triplet boys playing on their home carpeting.
They realized that even though they vacuumed their carpet, it was still not clean.
And they knew that life-long allergies are triggered in the first 24 months of like. Short of removing the carpet completely, they needed another solution.
The Problem
- Carpets and mattress contain the highest concentration of germs and allergens in the home,
including dust mites, viruses bacteria, and mold.
- Carpeting covers more that 70 percent of the floor space in all U.S. homes and is rarely or never disinfected.
- The average household has millions of dust mites. Those dust mites trigger allergy symptoms
in about half of all U.S. homes, and asthma symptoms in nearly a quarter of all U.S. homes
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 35 to 50 million American come down with the flu during each flu season.
- Traditional vacuuming cannot eliminate these problems.
- The World Health Organization estimates that 150 million people worldwide suffer from asthma,
including 4.8 million U.S. children.
- Several studies have shown that exposure to dust mites and other allergens in the first 24 months of an
infants life can trigger life-long allergies.
- Carpets and mattresses contain the highest concentration of allergens in the home.
- About 50 percent of all homes have sufficient dust mite allergens to trigger allergy symptoms, while about
a quarter of homes have sufficient dust mite allergens to trigger asthma symptoms.
- No existing vacuum effectively kills the dust mites, mold, bacteria, lice, fleas and viruses, including
influenza, present within carpets and mattresses leaving your patients and their families vulnerable in
their own home to the organisms that trigger allergies and asthma...until now.
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Halo Technologies introduces the solution: the Halo TM brand UVX Ultraviolet Vacuum, the first vacuum that, Cleans what you can see, and kills what you cant. The Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum uses the same ultraviolet light that has been used safely to sanitize hospitals and disinfect drinking water for over 60 years. The Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum is the only chemical-free product that can safely kill the molds, dust mites, germs, viruses and bacteria lurking inside your carpeting and mattresses. Over the last several years, the team at Halo Technologies worked with Dr. James R. Bolton, Ph.D., a leading industry expert on UV-C technology and applications, to develop the specifications for the new line of Halo Ultraviolet Vacuums. The patent-pending UV-C bulb chamber used within Halo Ultraviolet Vacuums has been designed and engineered to emit UV rays at exactly 253.7 nanometers, the germicidal bandwidth proven to deactivate the DNA of micro-organisms, thus destroying their ability to multiply and cause disease.
To test the efficacy of the Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum on dust mites, the team at Halo Technologies engaged Dr. Glen Needham, Ph.D., professor of Entomology and Acarology (the study of mites) at The Ohio State University. Dr. Needham is one of the leading experts on dust mites in the world. His team at The Ohio State University conducted tests using the Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum bulb chamber in December 2005, and he presented his findings to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology under the title Ultraviolet C Exposure is Fatal to House Dust Mite Eggs.The study concluded that: Even small doses of UVC from the Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum bulb chamber seem to have a fairly significant effect on the American house dust mite reproduction. We have found that as little as one second of UVC from the Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum bulb chamber results in the death of the American dust mite (AHD) eggs, and five seconds resulted in nearly 100 percent mortality. |
Product Differentiation
No other existing product, including all other vacuums currently on the market, uses UV-C technology
that has been proven to kill dust mites, viruses, bacteria, fleas, lice and mold.
Uses UV-C
Technology
That Kills |
Halo |
Dyson |
Eureka |
Hoover |
Miele |
Oreck |
| Dust Mites |
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X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Flu Virus |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Bacteria |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Fleas |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Lice |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
| Mold |
√ |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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