Patents by Inventor H. William Hillebrenner

H. William Hillebrenner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and system for sterilizing objects
    Patent number: 5534221
    Abstract: A system for sterilizing an object including a hollow cassette for containing the object, a sealable opening in the cassette for ingress and egress of the object, a seal for forming a fluid-tight seal around the opening, input and output ports in the cassette for receiving and exhausting a sterilizing fluid and a sealing check valve in the input and output ports for providing a fluid-tight seal when no connections are made to the input and output ports such that when the object is sterilized within the cassette, the cassette will maintain a sterilized atmosphere for the object until the cassette is opened to allow use of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventors: H. William Hillebrenner, Vipul B. Sheth, Joseph M. Stack, Charles T. Curtis, Kevin H. Butler, David E. Shoff, Robert S. Petko, William C. Little, Thaddeus Mielnik, Peter Zell
  • System for sterilization of objects
    Patent number: 5470548
    Abstract: An apparatus of remote temperature sensing for a gas heated chamber utilizing temperature sensors is disclosed, wherein at least a first temperature sensing device is coupled to an enclosed environment of a cabinet containing a sterilization cassette and at least a second temperature sensing device is coupled to a gas exit conduit from the cassette so as to avoid condensation on the internal walls of the cassette or on the object contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: American Sterilizer Company
    Inventor: H. William Hillebrenner
  • Method for sterilization of objects
    Patent number: 5364590
    Abstract: A method of remote temperature sensing for a gas heated chamber utilizing temperature sensors is disclosed, wherein at least a first temperature sensing device is coupled to an enclosed environment of a cabinet containing a sterilization cassette and at least a second temperature sensing device is coupled to a gas exit conduit from the cassette so as to avoid condensation on the internal walls of the cassette or on the object contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: American Sterlizer Company
    Inventor: H. William Hillebrenner