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Container for microwave treatment of surgical instrument with arcing prevention

  • US 5,607,612 A
  • Filed: 10/07/1994
  • Issued: 03/04/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A container for preventing arcing of a metal object placed therein and subjected to microwave radiation, said container comprising:

  • a first surface having an exterior surface and a support surface;

    a second surface having an exterior surface and an inner surface facing said first surface, said second surface attached to said first surface wherein said support surface and said inner surface defining a volume of space into which said metal object is placed;

    said inner surface comprises a microwave-to-heat transducer that comprises a first susceptor material and a microwave absorbing material positioned between said first susceptor material and said volume of space, wherein said microwave-to-heat transducer absorbs microwave radiation impinging on said exterior surface of said second surface and converts said absorbed microwave radiation to radiant energy, said microwave-to-heat transducer also prevents substantially all of said microwave radiation impinging on said exterior surface of said second surface from entering said volume of space.

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