Patents Assigned to Stephen D. Carter
  • Sterilization apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5288462
    Abstract: A sterilization apparatus has a chamber within a housing in which the materials to be sterilized are placed and the chamber is supplied with liquid under pressure. A pressure sensitive, rapid acting implosion cartridge is in communication with the chamber and acts to depressurize the chamber in milliseconds when the desired sterilization pressure is reached. The cartridge then reseals the chamber for a subsequent pressure build-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Assignee: Stephen D. Carter
    Inventors: Stephen D. Carter, James W. Brazell