Electromagnetically responsive heating apparatus for vaporizer
AssigneeSTERIS Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Centanni, Aaron L. Hill, Francis J. Zelina
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Abstract
A vaporizer heating apparatus is comprised of electromagnetically responsive material and electrically non-conductive material. A antimicrobial fluid to be vaporized, such as water or hydrogen peroxide solution, is supplied to the heating apparatus where it is converted to a vapor. In one embodiment of the present invention, electromagnetically responsive material particulate is embedded into the electrically non-conductive material. In another embodiment of the present invention, a microwave generator is used to produce heat.
Claims26
A vaporizer for vaporizing an atomized, antimicrobial liquid, to form an antimicrobial vapor, the vaporizer comprising:
- a source of electromagnetic radiation;
- a heating chamber having a passage formed therethrough, said heating chamber having an inlet for receiving the atomized antimicrobial liquid into the passage, and an outlet for releasing the antimicrobial vapor from the passage to supply the antimicrobial vapor to a defined region, wherein said heating chamber is comprised of a first electrically non-conductive material and a first electromagnetically responsive material;
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- an insert located within the passage of the heating chamber, said insert comprised of at least one of:
- (1) a metals, and
- (2) a second electrically non-conductive material and a second electromagnetically responsive material,
- wherein said heating chamber and said insert both contribute to vaporization of the atomized, antimicrobial liquid to form the antimicrobial vapor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.