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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:
Jun. 04, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jack E Bridges, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Guggilam C Sresty, Burbank, IL (US);
Jeffrey S Held, Chicago, IL (US);
James W Sharp, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Thomas J Bajzek, Woodale, IL (US);
Assignee:
Stericycle, Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 22 ; 422 26 ; 422299 ;
Abstract
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.