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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Paul T. Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Szu-min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Jenn-hann Wang, Northridge, CA (US);
James P. Kohler, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Richard Jed Kendall, San Clemente, CA (US);
Anahid Gamsarian, Fullerton, CA (US);
Paul T. Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Szu-Min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Jenn-Hann Wang, Northridge, CA (US);
James P. Kohler, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Richard Jed Kendall, San Clemente, CA (US);
Anahid Gamsarian, Fullerton, CA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A chemical vapor sterilization process is enhanced by concentrating a germicide via exploitation of the difference between the vapor pressures of the germicide and its solvent. A diffusion restriction can be placed into the diffusion path to assist this process and the path then opened to provide rapid diffusion of the thus concentrated germicide.