US Patent Issued to Millisecond Technologies on May 12 for "Device and method for treating liquid" (Russian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,922, issued on May 12, was assigned to Millisecond Technologies Corp. (New York).

"Device and method for treating liquid" was invented by Dmitry Dolgopolov (Moscow), Phillip R. Frechette (Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) and Nikolay Arofikin (Moscow).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices use one or more of pressure, pressure drop, increased temperature, rate of temperature increase, and inert gas to kill microbes. Utilizing a method or device, liquid is subjected to a pressure drop and heated either during and/or after the pressure drop. The liquid may be heated while in droplet phase, in a liquid volume, or both. Inert gas may be d...