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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Michael Lawrence Bufano, Belmont, MA (US);
Steven Raymond Walther, Andover, MA (US);
Peter F. Hays, Medford, MA (US);
William Frederick Thomson, Milford, NH (US);
Arthur Wayne Sommerstein, Marblehead, MA (US);
Gerald Martin Friedman, New Ipswich, MA (US);
P. Michael Fletcher, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Stephen Whittaker into, Harvard, MA (US);
Anne Testoni, Bolton, MA (US);
Brian S. Phillips, Sherborn, MA (US);
Michael Lawrence Bufano, Belmont, MA (US);
Steven Raymond Walther, Andover, MA (US);
Peter F. Hays, Medford, MA (US);
William Frederick Thomson, Milford, NH (US);
Arthur Wayne Sommerstein, Marblehead, MA (US);
Gerald Martin Friedman, New Ipswich, MA (US);
P. Michael Fletcher, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Stephen Whittaker Into, Harvard, MA (US);
Anne Testoni, Bolton, MA (US);
Brian S. Phillips, Sherborn, MA (US);
Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Improved electron beam sterilization apparatus and shielding techniques for use in are provided. A controller modulates an electron beam when sterilizing an interior to an object to ensure that adequate dose is received. Sterilization carousels are configured with input/discharge feeds to reduce the possibility of humans being exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. The system reduces the amount of shielding required to thereby lower cost of installation.