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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph E Dunn, Rancho La Costa, CA (US);
R Wayne Clark, Del Mar, CA (US);
John F Asmus, LaJolla, CA (US);
Jay S Pearlman, Rancho Palos Verde, CA (US);
Keith Boyer, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Fraincois Painchaud, Charlesbourg, CA;
Gunter A Hofmann, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxwell Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426248 ; 426407 ; 426410 ; 426521 ; 422 24 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for food product preservation by inactivation of microorganisms and/or enzymes by applying pulses of very intense, very short duration pulses of light in the visible and near visible frequencies to the surface of food products to be preserved. Also disclosed are packaging methods and apparatus utilizing such intense, short pulses of polychromatic, incoherent light.