Patents Assigned to James W. Sharp
  • Method and apparatus for rendering medical materials safe
    Patent number: 5476634
    Abstract: Infectious medical materials is rendered innocuous 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 waste. The medical waste may include sorted medical or veterinary waste which after heat treatment may be shredded and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 19, 1995
    Assignees: IIT Research Institute, Jeffrey S. Held, James W. Sharp
    Inventors: Jack E. Bridges, Guggilam C. Sresty, Jeffery S. Held, James W. Sharp, Thomas J. Bajzek