Patent ID: 9585408
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23V,A61L,G01K

Claim:
1. A method for sterilization via electroporation, the method comprising: directing microwave electromagnetic (EM) radiation within a volume with an interference pattern having at least one antinode, wherein an attribute of an electric field of the at least one antinode of the EM radiation in at least one region within the volume is configured to cause electroporation; electroporating at least a portion of the volume to at least partially sterilize the portion of the volume using the directed EM radiation; spatially varying a location of the at least one antinode with respect to the volume according to an electroporation pattern to achieve a non-uniform, at least partial sterilization of the volume; and varying at least one aspect of the directed EM radiation to regulate a temperature characteristic associated with the volume relative to a threshold value.