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US 2008/0077122 A1Published application
Sterilizing cutting method
AssigneeSearete LLC, a limited liability corporation of the State of Delaware
InventorsEdward S. Boyden, Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Eric C. Leuthardt, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Dennis J. Rivet, Michael A. Smith, Thomas A. Weaver, Lowell L. Wood
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Abstract
Sectioning tools that emit self-sterilizing radiation. In one approach, the radiation is ultraviolet and/or plasmonic.
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A method of sectioning, comprising:
- contacting a material with a sectioning surface of a sectioning tool;
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- emitting sterilizing radiation from the sectioning surface of the sectioning tool.
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A method of sectioning, comprising:
- contacting a material with a sectioning surface of a sectioning tool;
- and 6p1 directing sterilizing radiation from an integrated emitter onto the sectioning surface of the sectioning tool.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.