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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1994
H William Hillebrenner, Apex, NC (US);
Vipul B Sheth, Cary, NC (US);
Joseph M Stack, Raleigh, NC (US);
Charles T Curtis, Cary, NC (US);
Kevin H Butler, Hillsborough, NC (US);
David E Shoff, Raleigh, NC (US);
Robert S Petko, Cary, NC (US);
William C Little, Cary, NC (US);
Thaddeus Mielnik, Apex, NC (US);
Peter Zell, Raleigh, NC (US);
American Sterilizer Company, Erie, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for sterilizing an object including a hollow cassette for containing the object, a sealable opening in the cassette for ingress and egress of the object, a seal for forming a fluid-tight seal around the opening, input and output ports in the cassette for receiving and exhausting a sterilizing fluid and a sealing check valve in the input and output ports for providing a fluid-tight seal when no connections are made to the input and output ports such that when the object is sterilized within the cassette, the cassette will maintain a sterilized atmosphere for the object until the cassette is opened to allow use of the object.