Patents Assigned to Healthbridge, Inc.
  • Microwave pressure vessel and method of sterilization
    Patent number: 6097015
    Abstract: A novel method and apparatus for sterilizing, disinfecting or otherwise heating materials, objects, liquids and the like under pressure is disclosed. The invention utilizes the generation and transmission of single-mode, non-interfering coaxial microwaves from multiple sources into the material to be treated. As a result, a more efficient transfer of microwave energy into the material to be treated is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Healthbridge, Inc.
    Inventors: John V. McCullough, Charles L. Ice, Jeremy W. Leonard, Stephen Sherard