Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment inventions 05/09

20090137858 - System and method for treating infectious waste matter: A system and method is provided for producing a safely disposable end product from waste matter containing undesirable materials, such as infectious, biohazardous, hazardous, or radioactive elements. The method comprises the steps of providing a highly alkaline solvent, immersing the waste matter containing the undesirable materials within the highly alkaline... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090131732 - Composition for disposing of unused medicines: A composition for destruction of unused or expired medicines comprised of: an acidic solvent; a dishwashing liquid; and activated carbon. The acidic solvent can be distilled vinegar, lemon juice, hydrochloric acid, diluted hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, diluted acetic acid, bleach, ammonia, alcohol, and combinations thereof, the dishwashing liquid includes at... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group LLC

20090131733 - Blasting system and blasting method: The object is to rapidly clean-up an off-gas generated by blasting in a pressure vessel to such a level as to permit the exhaust of the off-gas. An object to be blasted is blasted in a pressure vessel to generate an off-gas, which is introduced into a combustion furnace to... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090124843 - Hazardous substance removing method, hazardous substance removing material used therein such as air filter, mask, wipe sheet, and the like, and storage method thereof: A hazardous substance (20) is removed by using a hazardous substance removing material (10) in which a support (11) supports an antibody (12). Humidity of the ambient atmosphere of the antibody (12) is controlled so that the antibody (12) becomes active.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090124844 - Method of detoxification treatment for filter with persistent substance adhering thereto: A method for detoxifying a filter including the step of subjecting a filter with a hardly decomposable substance adhering thereto to chemical decomposition without desorbing the hardly decomposable substance from the filter.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090118560 - Nuclear waste removal system and method using wet oxidation: Methods for removing nuclear waste from a component are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of supplying oxalic acid to the nuclear waste on the component to form an oxalic acid/waste solution, feeding the oxalic acid/waste solution from the component, feeding an oxidant to the oxalic acid/waste... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090118561 - Method for gasification of carbonic materials using co2 and apparatus for performing same: A method for gasification of carbonic materials using CO2 is disclosed where materials having at least some carbon content are subjected to a high-temperature environment, for example, inside a reactor vessel in which a plasma are a plasma torch or the like is energized. CO2 is injected into such an... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20090118562 - Decontaminating sheet material containing reactive nanocrystalline particles and products constructed therefrom: The invention provides a sorptive sheet material in which finely divided nanocrystalline particles that react with a variety of chemical and/or biological agents are dispersed. The sheet material comprises a fibrous web that is formed of a plurality of fibers that are bonded to each other. The fibrous web contains... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090118563 - System and method for treating asbestos: A method, apparatus, and system to apply a mineralizing agent to an asbestos containing material (ACM) after the ACM is reduced in size, particularly by spraying or injecting the mineralizing agent to a shredded ACM, is provided. The mineralizing agent may include a solution of alkali metal hydroxide, alkali metal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090118564 - Method for stabilization and/or fixation of leachable metals: Methods for treatment a heavy metal-contaminated solid, semi-solid, liquid or gaseous matrix with magnesium oxide, magnesium sulfite, magnesium sulfate, magnesium chloride, magnesium hydroxide, and mixtures of any two or more of these. Methods for treatment of a solid or semi-solid waste containing unacceptable levels of leachable aluminum and reactive metallic... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090118565 - Method in connection with steel production: The invention relates to a method in connection with steel production for handling of hydroxide sludge formed in the neutralization of spent metal-contaminated pickling agents from a pickling step for steel, preferably stainless steel and for using calcium fluoride in the hydroxide sludge to replace the natural fluorspar as a... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.C.

20090118566 - System and method for accelerating the conversion of asbestos in the process of mineralogical conversion: A process and equipment that accelerates the rate at which asbestos is converted into non-asbestos minerals during the process of mineralogical conversion, the process consisting of new methods and equipment for handling the asbestos that promotes absorption of mineralizing agents, increases the heat transfer properties of the asbestos, increases the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC