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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Advanced Sterilization Products, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Benjamin M. Fryer, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Sterilization Products, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); G01F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); G01F 17/00 (2013.01); A61L 2202/121 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to improve efficiency of operating a sterilizer is disclosed. The method includes determining a volume of a load inside the sterilizer based on pressure measurements as a function of time. The determined volume may be used to decide whether to conduct a sterilization procedure. If the sterilization procedure is to be conducted, the volume data may be used to estimate the duration of the procedure, which duration may be communicated to a user.