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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Henry K. Hui, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Les A. Feldman, Calabasas Hills, CA (US);
Nancy Chu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Su-syin Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Henry K. Hui, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Les A. Feldman, Calabasas Hills, CA (US);
Nancy Chu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Su-Syin Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of sterilizing a device in a sterilizer, methods of sterilizing a device in an enclosure in a sterilizer, and enclosures for retaining a device capable of being sterilized in a sterilization process. The sterilization process comprises hydrogen peroxide vapor or gas. The sterilization load may include an enclosure, which can be a tray or a container. The tray or container comprises at least a volume of aluminum oxide. The ratio of the amount of hydrogen peroxide gas or vapor introduced into the sterilizer to the volume of aluminum oxide is at least 24 mg/cm.