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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1999
Phillip Davis, Weston, CT (US);
Vito L. Dipinto, South Windsor, CT (US);
General Hospital Supply Corporation, Wilton, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for sterilizing an article in a sterilization unit, the method including placing the article within a foam plastic instrument pouch having a closed cell construction, and positioning the closed cell foam plastic instrument pouch containing the article within the sterilization unit. The sterilization unit is then operated such that the article within the instrument pouch is sterilized, whereby the instrument pouch containing the article is removed from the sterilization unit. An instrument pouch for containing and protecting an article during sterilization is also provided. The pouch includes a foam plastic backing sheet for lining a base of a tray, the base having a multiplicity of holes, and a foam plastic pocket secured to the backing sheet such that at least a portion of an article can be received between the pocket and the backing sheet. The pouch has a multiplicity of holes arranged such that at least a portion of the holes of the pouch will be generally aligned with at least a portion of the holes of the base of the tray. A roll of individually-severeable foam plastic trayliners is additionally provided. Each trayliner is for lining a tray including a base having a multiplicity of holes, and the trayliners each have a multiplicity of holes arranged such that at least a portion of the holes of the trayliner will be generally aligned with at least a portion of the multiplicity of holes of the base of the tray.