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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Medinstill Development Llc, New Milford, CT (US);
Daniel Py, Larchmont, NY (US);
Norbert Assion, Shelton, CT (US);
Nathaniel Houle, Hebron, CT (US);
Debashis Sahoo, Danbury, CT (US);
M. Jeffrey Willey, Brookfield, CT (US);
Eric E. Hartman, Ridgefield, CT (US);
John Guthy, Southbury, CT (US);
MEDINSTILL DEVELOPMENT LLC, New Milford, CT (US);
Abstract
A sterilizing apparatus and related method are provided for sterilizing an object, such as a container. The sterilizing apparatus may include a housing, a source of fluid sterilant, a fluid sterilant station for transmitting fluid sterilant onto a surface of the object, a flow system for circulating air or gas within the housing, a system for removing fluid sterilant from the surface of the object, and a system for evacuating fluid sterilant from the housing. The container may include a body defining a storage chamber for receiving a product, and a container closure. A sealing portion may be engageable with the body to form a substantially dry hermetic seal between the container closure and body.