Patents Assigned to Technology Application Services
  • Method and apparatus for sterilization and/or embalmment of corpses and specimens
    Patent number: 5216789
    Abstract: A preservation system (2) for cadavers and the like. A chamber (6) is defined by walls (4) which are of sufficient thickness to block gamma irradiation from a gamma source (20) therein. The gamma source is placed in a conveyor system (32) and moved around a cadaver in the chamber, killing microorganisms therein, and returned to a storage area (14). A bagging system (35) seals the cadaver after irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Technology Application Services
    Inventors: Raul J. Pomares, Fernando Velez