Patents by Inventor Michelle Meyer

Michelle Meyer 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).

  • Apparatus and method for drying and then sterilizing objects in a load using a chemical sterilant
    Patent number: 8366995
    Abstract: The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sterilucent, Inc.
    Inventors: Jami McLaren, Steven J. Olson, Michelle Meyer, Kent Larson
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRYING AND THEN STERILIZING OBJECTS IN A LOAD USING A CHEMICAL STERILANT
    Publication number: 20100316527
    Abstract: The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: Sterilucent, Inc.
    Inventors: Jami McLaren, Steven J. Olson, Michelle Meyer, Kent Larson
  • Computer-assisted management of the processing of an agricultural product
    Publication number: 20050004682
    Abstract: A raw material is stored in a storage container. The stored raw material is physically processed in the storage container to obtain a processed material based on the raw material. Link data is recorded for associating the raw material with the processed material across any transformation between the raw material and the processed material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: David Gaddis, William Pape, John Powell, James Pace, Michelle Meyer, Bruce Binnix, Michael Sweat, Philip Polcari, Richard Niswonger