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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher W. Ford, Leonard, MI (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/20 ;
Abstract
A separator device to separate a plurality of articles in a sterilization chamber has a proximal end, a distal end, and a body portion therebetween. The body portion has a thickness with a plurality of openings therein through which a sterilizing medium circulates. The body portion is interposed between and maintains separation between layers of articles located within the sterilization chamber. The separation maintained between the layers facilitates circulation of the sterilizing medium between the layers and to each of the plurality of articles being sterilized.