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US 12,352,436 B2Granted
Method for cremation by means of supercrtitical fluids reaction
AssigneeScw Technologies Limited
InventorsStephen W. Hamilton, Gregory Scott Dawson
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Abstract
The present invention deals with a method for cremating a body comprising taking the body fluids to a supercritical state in order to act as a solvent capable of breaking down the tissues and bone of a corpse. The method allows creating a supercritical reaction with the body own fluids to break down all the tissues and bones of a body and convert them into ashen bone.
Claims12
A method for cremating remains, comprising successively:
- i) pre-heating a cremation chamber (1) at a temperature of at least 300° C.,
- ii) inserting said remains into the cremation chamber (1),
- iii) sealing the cremation chamber (1),
- iv) increasing the pressure of the cremation chamber (1) to a pressure above or equal to 2900 psi (20 MPa) in order to take the body fluids of the remains to a supercritical state,
- v) purging the cremation chamber (1) once the bones and tissues of the remains, have been broken down by the body fluids at a supercritical state,
- wherein the method does not include the addition or injection of water or an oxidation catalyst.
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