Patents by Inventor Antonello CATTIDE

Antonello CATTIDE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sterilization system having an improved thermodynamic cycle and related method
    Patent number: 10772978
    Abstract: A sterilization method and system are disclosed, where a sterilization cycle includes at least an evacuation step of a sterilization chamber is performed one or more times and provides that: the chamber is isolated from the condenser; at least a steam generator is operated to inject a predetermined amount of heated steam directly into the condenser; the steam in the condenser is cooled and condensed, so as to reduce its volume and accordingly lower the pressure within the condenser to below that present in the sterilization chamber; and the condenser is placed in communication with the sterilization chamber to perform an evacuation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: W & H STERILIZATION S.R.L.
    Inventors: Antonello Cattide, Marino Luigi Magno, Klaus Maier
  • STERILIZATION SYSTEM HAVING AN IMPROVED THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE AND RELATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20180177903
    Abstract: A sterilization method and system are disclosed, where a sterilization cycle includes at least an evacuation step of a sterilization chamber is performed one or more times and provides that: the chamber is isolated from the condenser; at least a steam generator is operated to inject a predetermined amount of heated steam directly into the condenser; the steam in the condenser is cooled and condensed, so as to reduce its volume and accordingly lower the pressure within the condenser to below that present in the sterilization chamber; and the condenser is placed in communication with the sterilization chamber to perform an evacuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Antonello CATTIDE, Marino Luigi MAGNO, Klaus MAIER