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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
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);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 33 ; 422 28 ;
Abstract
A method for sterilizing an interior of an article with a diffusion-restricted area therein includes the steps of contacting the interior of the diffusion-restricted area with a source of peroxide, and exposing the device to negative pressure for a time period sufficient to effect complete sterilization of the diffusion-restricted area.