Method for vaporizing a fluid using an electromagnetically responsive heating apparatus
US6967315B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2202/24
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of microbially decontaminating at least one of a defined area and an item within the defined area. The method includes the steps of (a) inductively heating a block comprising an electrically non-conductive material and an electromagnetically responsive material; (b) passing an atomized liquid into an interior passage defined by the block, wherein the inductively heated block vaporizes the atomized liquid that contacts walls of the passage to form an antimicrobial vapor; and (c) flowing the vapor out of the block to the defined area to microbially decontaminate at least one of the defined area and the item.
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