Patents Assigned to Werner Wacker
  • Patent number: 3973290
    Abstract: A method of stunning an animal prior to slaughter involves heating at least a portion of the brain of an animal, using electromagnetic wave energy which penetrates the skull of the animal. The temperature of substantial portions of the brain is raised to a minimum of 41.degree. C in some cases and to higher temperatures in others. Heating of the brain is effected for a period of less than ten seconds and, preferably, for a period in the range of from 1 second to 7 seconds. The frequency of the electromagnetic wave energy is from 100 to 10,000 megacycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Werner Wacker
    Inventor: Werner Schwartz