Title:
EVALUATION OF IRRADIATED FOODS OR OTHER ITEMS WITH TELEMETRIC DOSIMETERS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002009775
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Methods for quantifying the irradiation dose received by an item or items, such as food items and medical items, undergoing irradiation-based sterilization, includes the steps of monitoring a selected electronic parameter associated with an economic single use sensor positioned adjacent the item or items and telemetrically relaying data associated with the monitored electronic parameter to a computer. The computer includes a computer program which is configured to determine the radiation dose received by the item or items by correlating the value of the monitored electronic parameter to a corresponding amount of radiation associated with the value. Related sensors and systems are also described.
Inventors:
BLACK ROBERT D (US)
MANN GREGORY GLENWOOD (US)
WIDENER STEVEN R (US)
MANN GREGORY GLENWOOD (US)
WIDENER STEVEN R (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/024187
Publication Date:
May 30, 2002
Filing Date:
July 31, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SICEL TECHNOLOGIES INC (US)
BLACK ROBERT D (US)
MANN GREGORY GLENWOOD (US)
WIDENER STEVEN R (US)
BLACK ROBERT D (US)
MANN GREGORY GLENWOOD (US)
WIDENER STEVEN R (US)
International Classes:
A23L5/30; G01T1/00; G01T1/02; G01T1/24; (IPC1-7): G01T1/00
Foreign References:
| US5880477A | 1999-03-09 |
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