ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,681, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Noxilizer Inc. (Hanover, Md.).
"Method of sterilization specimen conditioning" was invented by David Opie (Hanover, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for modifying a temperature of a product to be sterilized while the product is in a sterilization chamber. Temperature modification may be achieved through air circulation, through manipulation of a temperature of one or more walls of the sterilization chamber, and/or through manipulation of pressure within the sterilization chamber. Using the capabilities of the sterilization chamber to accelerate product warming may reduce t...