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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Wael Mismar, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Jessica Hai Liu, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Chia-Jung Wu, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Shermeen A. Abbas, Porter Ranch, CA (US);
Shaun Devitt, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Kenneth G. Schalhoub, Denver, CO (US);
Anthony Bitong, Calabasas, CA (US);
Mads Schjoth Due, Kongens Lyngby, DK;
Malak Guirguis, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Rami Saifan, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of externally sterilizing a drug delivery device utilizing Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) is provided, including placing the drug delivery device in a sterilization chamber, introducing into the chamber a dose of NO2 having a concentration of between about 2 and 20 milligrams per Liter by applying a vacuum level of between about 10 and 600 Torr and holding the vacuum level for a dwell time of between about 2 and 20 minutes, repeating the step of introducing into the chamber a dose of NO2 for a number of pulses between about 1 and 24, purging the sterilization chamber of at least substantially all of the NO2, and aerating the sterilization chamber.