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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Raymond C Kralovic, Hambden Township, OH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 28 ; 422 37 ; 134 26 ; 134-3 ; 134 221 ; 134 2214 ; 134 2219 ; 134 41 ; 134 28 ; 134 27 ; 134 29 ;
Abstract
Medical instruments, such as endoscopes, may be sterilized or disinfected in a liquid chemical sterilant (LCS). The LCS is of sufficient potency to sterilize the contaminated medical device. In addition it is self-degrading, non-contaminating, and non-corrosive. It does not require the addition of chemically contaminating anti-corrosive compounds and detergents. Preferred LCS for use in the invention include peracetic acid, silver activated hydrogen peroxide and acidic sodium hypochloride. A particularly preferred LCS is peracetic acid since it has particular applicability with plastic components of medical devices.