About VirWall Systems, Inc.

Virwall Systems Inc. is a start-up tech/med/electronics device manufacturer formed to commercialize a series of patented products proven to sanitize everyday objects that could otherwise become vectors for disease transmission. The company is currently seeking funding for volume production of the Virwall Keyboard Sanitizer (KBS-1), for which the prototype has been manufactured and successfully tested. The Keyboard Sanitizer has already earned two national awards for innovation in function and design.

Jon Roberts, PhD, JD

Chairman, Board of Directors;
VP Research & Development
VirWall Systems Inc.

Jon Roberts, PhD, JDJon Roberts, PhD, JD

Dr. Jon Roberts is an inventor, patent attorney, engineer, former research director for the US Government, pilot, and entrepreneur. As founder of VirWall Systems Inc., Dr. Roberts is poised to introduce the VirWall Keyboard Sanitizer, a new device that aims to win the war on unnoticed but nonetheless sickening germs that reside on the typical computer keyboard. Recent studies have revealed that the bacteria and viruses found on shared keyboards can trigger an astonishing range of illnesses, cause thousands of lost days from work and school and cost millions of dollars each year in medical care.

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Donald S. Hetzel, PhD

CEO and President
VirWall Systems Inc.

Donald S. Hetzel, PhDDonald S. Hetzel, PhD

Dr. Donald Hetzel’s career path is replete with success after success – as head of research and development for international pharmaceutical and medical device corporations, as director of licensing operations to identify and acquire promising new technologies and as CEO of several startups in the US and abroad. Over the years his work in scientific research and development has resulted in significant advances in medical products including orthopedic implants, diagnostic kits for infectious diseases, pregnancy tests, technology for amplifying DNA for more accurate analysis, the development of an “electronic nose” to help diagnose infection and disease, advances in the fight against malaria and innovations in measuring disease markers including blood glucose levels.

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Product Fact Sheet

VirWall Keyboard Sanitizer

VirWall Keyboard Sanitizer KBS-1

Purpose of Product

To sanitize computer keyboards as a measure of preventing the spread of potentially pathogenic organisms

Reason for Development

Dr. John Roberts, inventor of the Keyboard Sanitizer, had never been as sick, as frequently, or for such long durations as when his son attended elementary school, a school with computer classrooms. In reading scientific journals to better understand how bacteria and viruses are transmitted, he learned that certain inanimate objects…

Principle of Action

Ultraviolet (UV) light causes molecular rearrangement of a microorganism’s DNA which prevents it from reproducing and therefore renders it microbiologically dead. The effectiveness of UV energy on microbial destruction is dependent upon intensity and time…