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Microwire-controlled autoclave and method

  • US 8,192,080 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2008
  • Issued: 06/05/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for the treatment of objects, comprising:

  • a chamber configured to hold an object to be treated, there being a magnetically susceptible microwire sensor element associated with said object and operable to sense a parameter related to the temperature of the object during the treatment thereof,said microwire sensor element operable to generate a temperature-sensitive re-magnetization response under the influence of an applied alternating magnetic field, said re-magnetization response being;

    (1) correlated with said temperature parameter during said treatment of said object;

    (2) defined by at least one short, detectable pulse of magnetic field perturbation of defined duration; and

    (3) different above and below at least one set point temperature; and

    a detector including an antenna assembly proximal to said chamber and operable to generate said alternating magnetic field in the region of said sensor, and to detect said re-magnetization response of said sensor as a measure of said parameter.

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