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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1997
Tralance O Addy, Coto de Caza, CA (US);
Paul Taylor Jacobs, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Szu-Min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Jon Morrell Jacobs, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
Methods for peroxide vapor sterilization of medical devices and similar instruments having long narrow lumens or diffusion restricted areas includes the step of contacting the article to be sterilized or a diffusion-restricted environment containing said article with a source of peroxide prior to exposure to a vacuum or a vacuum followed by plasma. The methods are such that, upon vaporization of the source of peroxide caused by the vacuum, the peroxide remains in contact with the article for a time sufficient to achieve sterilization.