Abstract: A vacuum oven for decontaminating items, a system incorporating multiple such vacuum ovens and a method of operating such system are provided. The ovens are portable. They can have a vacuum drawn in them and can be heated by being coupled to a vacuum and a power source, respectively at a first location and then be decoupled from the vacuum and power sources and moved to a second location such as a glove box or clean room while still maintaining a vacuum.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2002
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2005
Assignee:
Wems, Inc.
Inventors:
Dmitry Vernik, Christopher B. Dreike, Terry D. Wolfson