Patent ID: 6753536
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
An apparatus for neutralizing chemical and biological threats contaminating an object comprising:(a) a chamber disposed within said apparatus, said chamber sufficiently voluminous to accommodate insertion of said object; (b) at least one heat lamp within said chamber generating thermal energy to degrade said chemical and biological threats; (c) at least one germicidal lamp within said chamber generating radiation energy to neutralize said chemical and biological threats; and (d) a receptacle extensible from and retractable into said chamber, said receptacle having a cover attached to a tray horizontally disposed within said chamber having a top surface and a bottom surface, said tray supporting said object along said top surface so as to allow degradation of said chemical and biological threats by said heat lamps and neutralization of said chemical and biological threats by said germicidal lamps, said cover containing emissions from said germicidal lamps within said apparatus when said receptacle is retracted.