ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,998, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to PLASTSERVICE AS (Myre, Norway).
"Disinfection method for plastic devices" was invented by Dan Roger Olsen (Myre, Norway), Kjell D. Josefsen (Trondheim, Norway), Karsten Husby (Trondheim, Norway) and Leif Grimsmo (Jakobsli, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cleaning and disinfection of multi-use plastic materials used in the food industry can be accomplished by using microwave radiation in combination with an electrolyte solution, thereby achieving at least 99.99% killing of microorganisms present on and inside the plastic device. Cleaning and disinfection of plastic trays used in security che...