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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Aseptia, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Josip Simunovic, Raleigh, NC (US);
James Michael Drozd, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignees:
Aseptia, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/80 (2006.01); H05B 6/78 (2006.01); A23L 3/01 (2006.01); A23L 3/005 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/01 (2013.01); A23L 3/005 (2013.01); H05B 6/782 (2013.01); H05B 6/802 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04); Y10T 137/6606 (2015.04);
Abstract
Systems and method for thermal preservation (sterilization) of heterogenous and multiphase foods and biomaterials in order to achieve their shelf stability at ambient level temperatures. Flowing heterogenous, multiphase foods and biomaterials are exposed to single or multiple stages of electromagnetic energy under continuous flow conditions within conduits passing through the electromagnetic energy exposure chambers.