Patent ID: 7381241

Claim:
A method of degassing a cavitation chamber and cavitation fluid contained within the cavitation chamber, the method comprising the steps of: (a) filling a closed-loop cavitation fluid circulatory system with cavitation fluid sufficient to fill the cavitation chamber, wherein said closed-loop cavitation fluid circulatory system couples the cavitation chamber to a cavitation fluid reservoir; (b) pumping said cavitation fluid through said closed-loop cavitation fluid circulatory system and through the cavitation chamber; (c) cavitating said cavitation fluid within the cavitation chamber; (d) evacuating said reservoir for a first period of time; (e) repeating steps (b), (c) and (d) for a second period of time; (f) discontinuing said cavitation fluid pumping step; (g) cavitating said cavitation fluid within the cavitation chamber; (h) pumping at least one gas bubble created during step (g) out of the cavitation chamber and into said closed-loop cavitation fluid circulatory system; (i) discontinuing said at least one gas bubble pumping step after said at least one gas bubble is pumped out of the cavitation chamber; and (j) repeating steps (g), (h) and (i) for a third period of time.