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Iit Research Institute

Stericycle, Inc.

Jeffrey S Held

Jack E Bridges

Guggilam C Sresty

James W Sharp

Thomas J Bajzek

Infectious medical materials are rendered harmless by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio-frequency electric field. The medical materials may be comminuted prior to heating. The medical materials are exposed to the radio-frequency electric field in order to heat the medical materials. The medical materials may include sorted medical or veterinary waste which after heat treatment may be recycled.

Apparatus for rendering medical materials safe

Method and apparatus for rendering medical materials safe

Infectious medical materials are rendered harmless by heating heterogeneous medical materials having wet and dry portions with a radio-frequency electric field. The medical materials are exposed to the radio-frequency electric field in order to heat the medical materials to inactivate microorganisms thereon. The medical materials are then irradiated with gamma radiation to inactivate microorganisms remaining viable thereon after application of the radio-frequency electric field.

Growing community of inventors

Chicago, IL, United States of America

Jeffrey S Held