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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Picosun Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventor:
Marko Pudas, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
PICOSUN OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); C23C 16/455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/126 (2013.01); A61B 1/00103 (2013.01); A61L 2/20 (2013.01); C23C 16/45544 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for cleaning a medical instrument and for detecting residue thereon is provided in which method a non-sterile or conventionally sterilized medical instrument is exposed to pressure below 100 hPa, and, subsequently, exposed to at least one gas reactive to the residue.