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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
May. 10, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffery S Held, Chicago, IL (US);
James W Sharp, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
Stericycle, Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 64 ; 25045511 ;
Abstract
A device for disinfecting medical materials includes a heat source capable of heating the medical materials to approximately 60.degree. C. and exposing the medical materials to a source of gamma irradiation capable of irradiating medical materials with about 0.25 to about 2.0 Mrads.