Patents by Inventor Dick Eric Zoutman

Dick Eric Zoutman 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).

  • Patent number: 9616144
    Abstract: Food handling facilities such as meat packing, plants, dairies, kitchens and the like are disinfected using a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone and hydrogen peroxide, at a relative humidity of at least 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Medizone International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Patent number: 9616145
    Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Patent number: 8992829
    Abstract: A process for treating sports equipment and sports facility rooms to inactivate “superbug” bacteria such as MRSA, VRE and P. aeroginosa, which comprises subjecting the equipment or the room, and surfaces therein, to a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 wt. %, at a relative humidity of at least 60%, and for a period of at least 30 minutes sufficient for an effective kill of the bacteria; and subsequently removing ozone from the atmosphere, down to 0.04 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Medizone International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Publication number: 20140037499
    Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Patent number: 8636951
    Abstract: A process and a system using a disinfecting atmosphere for deactivating Bacillus bacteria and its spores, such as Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and C Botulinum and its spores, commonly proposed as bioterrorism threats, are described. Said disinfecting atmosphere includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 weight percent at a relative humidity of at least 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Publication number: 20130276357
    Abstract: Bed bug infestations are combated by exposure to a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone and hydrogen peroxide, at a relative humidity of at least 30%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Patent number: 8551399
    Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Medizone International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Publication number: 20130164385
    Abstract: Food handling facilities such as meat packing, plants, dairies, kitchens and the like are disinfected using a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone and hydrogen peroxide, at a relative humidity of at least 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Publication number: 20130164172
    Abstract: A process for treating sports equipment and sports facility rooms to inactivate “superbug” bacteria such as MRSA, VRE and P. aeroginosa, which comprises subjecting the equipment or the room, and surfaces therein, to a disinfecting atmosphere which includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 wt. %, at a relative humidity of at least 60%, and for a period of at least 30 minutes sufficient for an effective kill of the bacteria; and subsequently removing ozone from the atmosphere, down to 0.04 ppm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Publication number: 20120315188
    Abstract: A process and a system using a disinfecting atmosphere for deactivating Bacillus bacteria and its spores, such as Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and C Botulinum and its spores, commonly proposed as bioterrorism threats, are described. Said disinfecting atmosphere includes ozone at a concentration of 2-350 ppm by weight and hydrogen peroxide at an amount of 0.2-10 weight percent at a relative humidity of at least 60%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: MEDIZONE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman
  • Publication number: 20120100037
    Abstract: A system and process for disinfecting rooms such as health care facility rooms with an oxygen/ozone mixture is described, which is effective to combat “superbugs” such as Clostridium difficile (C. difficile); E. coli; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE). In preferred embodiments, hydrogen peroxide is additionally used. The system and process is effective to destroy bacteria deposited on surfaces as biofilm, and, accompanied by physical agitation such as jet nozzle outlets, is effective to disinfect carpet, drapery and similar absorbent and porous surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Medizone International, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Shannon, Dick Eric Zoutman