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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Marion Andersen, Kaysville, UT (US);
Marvin Lyon, North Ogdan, UT (US);
G. Neivell Allan, Ogden, UT (US);
Wade Paskett, Roy, UT (US);
Inventors:
Marion Andersen, Kaysville, UT (US);
Marvin Lyon, North Ogdan, UT (US);
G. Neivell Allan, Ogden, UT (US);
Wade Paskett, Roy, UT (US);
Assignee:
Fresenius USA, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61I 2/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of sterilizing and drying a dialyzer or other device, wherein a vacuum drying phase is interrupted by interspersed pulses of air or other gas. The pulses lessen the evaporative cooling effect, to thereby reduce differential shrinkage that can structurally damage the dialyzer.