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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:
Feb. 22, 1994
Filed:
May. 18, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen D Carter, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
James W Brazell, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Stephen D. Carter, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 39 ; 422112 ; 422113 ; 422114 ; 422115 ; 422292 ; 422293 ; 422294 ; 422295 ; 137535 ; 137540 ;
Abstract
A sterilization apparatus has a chamber within a housing in which the materials to be sterilized are placed and the chamber is supplied with liquid under pressure. A pressure sensitive, rapid acting implosion cartridge is in communication with the chamber and acts to depressurize the chamber in milliseconds when the desired sterilization pressure is reached. The cartridge then reseals the chamber for a subsequent pressure build-up.