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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1999
Paul S. Malchesky, Painesville Twp., OH (US);
Christopher M. Fricker, Concord, OH (US);
Steris Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
An anticorrosive, penetration enhancing composition for cleaning decontaminating and rinsing includes electrochemically activated (ECA) water as the decontamination agent. The anticorrosive decontamination composition has, as the anticorrosive agent, a compound or mixture of compounds capable of inhibiting corrosion of various metals used in sterilization decontamination and rinsing systems and objects such as medical instruments. Preferred anticorrosive compounds include phosphates, azoles, and sulfates. Other additives, including wetting agents, are added to reduce the surface energy of the ECA water. This reduced surface energy permits the ECA water to penetrate into objects of complex design thus permitting complete decontamination of the treated object.