Method and apparatus for weakening pin bone attachment in fish
AssigneeCircle Seafoods, Inc.
InventorGene Patrick Glaab
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Abstract
An apparatus for weakening an attachment of a pin bone to muscle or adipose tissue in a fillet of fish. An electrode coupled to a power supply and in electrical contact with a first end of the pin bone conducts electrical current to the pin bone. The pin bone conducts the electrical current from the first end of the pin bone to a second end of the pin bone. The pin bone has an electrical current resistivity which causes Joule heating that produces sufficient heat in the connective tissue that attaches the pin bone to the muscle or adipose tissue in the fillet of fish to degrade or denature the connective tissue and thereby weaken the attachment of the pin bone to the muscle or adipose tissue.
Claims11
An apparatus for weakening an attachment of a pin bone to muscle or adipose tissue in a fillet of fish, comprising:
- a power supply;
- an electrode coupled to the power supply and in physical contact and electrical contact with a first end of the pin bone to conduct electrical current from the power supply to the pin bone;
- the pin bone conducting the electrical current from the first end of the pin bone to a second end of the pin bone and having an electrical current resistivity which causes Ohmic heating that produces sufficient heat in substantially only connective tissue that attaches the pin bone to the muscle or adipose tissue in the fillet of fish to degrade or denature the connective tissue without degrading or denaturing the muscle or adipose tissue and thereby weaken the attachment of the pin bone to the muscle or adipose tissue in the fillet of fish;
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- a grounding electrode coupled to the power supply and in electrical contact with the fillet of fish to return the electrical current to the power supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.