Patents Assigned to Medizone International, Inc.
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Patent number: 9616144Abstract: Food handling facilities such as meat packing, plants, dairies, kitchens and the like are disinfected using a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone and hydrogen peroxide, at a relative humidity of at least 60%.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Medizone International Inc.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Patent number: 8992829Abstract: A process for treating sports equipment and sports facility rooms to inactivate “superbug” bacteria such as MRSA, VRE and P. aeroginosa, which comprises subjecting the equipment or the room, and surfaces therein, to a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 wt. %, at a relative humidity of at least 60%, and for a period of at least 30 minutes sufficient for an effective kill of the bacteria; and subsequently removing ozone from the atmosphere, down to 0.04 ppm or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Medizone International Inc.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Publication number: 20140037499Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Publication number: 20130276357Abstract: Bed bug infestations are combated by exposure to a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone and hydrogen peroxide, at a relative humidity of at least 30%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Patent number: 8551399Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Medizone International, Inc.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Publication number: 20130164385Abstract: Food handling facilities such as meat packing, plants, dairies, kitchens and the like are disinfected using a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone and hydrogen peroxide, at a relative humidity of at least 60%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Publication number: 20130164172Abstract: A process for treating sports equipment and sports facility rooms to inactivate “superbug” bacteria such as MRSA, VRE and P. aeroginosa, which comprises subjecting the equipment or the room, and surfaces therein, to a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 wt. %, at a relative humidity of at least 60%, and for a period of at least 30 minutes sufficient for an effective kill of the bacteria; and subsequently removing ozone from the atmosphere, down to 0.04 ppm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Publication number: 20120315188Abstract: A process and a system using a disinfecting atmosphere for deactivating Bacillus bacteria and its spores, such as Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and C Botulinum and its spores, commonly proposed as bioterrorism threats, are described. Said disinfecting atmosphere includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 weight percent at a relative humidity of at least 60%.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Publication number: 20120100037Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: Medizone International, Inc.Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
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Patent number: 6073627Abstract: There is disclosed a delivery system for providing ozone to a patient having an external pathogenic condition. The system has an ozone generation portion and a delivery portion which includes a source of oxygen connected to an ozone generator and a delivery portion which is a flexible envelope for encompassing a portion of a patient to be treated. The system also includes cooperative elements and gauges to provide and precisely control the amounts of ozone and physical properties thereof very precisely in order to provide the desired treatment to the patient.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1998Date of Patent: June 13, 2000Assignee: Medizone International, Inc.Inventor: Gerard V. Sunnen