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Methods for aseptic packaging of medical devices

US4910942A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 1989
Grant dateMar 27, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65B55/16
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for food product preservation by inactivation of microorganisms and/or enzymes by applying pulses of very intense, very short duration pulses of light in the visible and near visible frequencies to the surface of food products to be preserved. Also disclosed are packaging methods and apparatus utilizing such intense, short pulses of polychromatic, incoherent light.

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