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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Szu-min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Paul Taylor Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Inventors:
Szu-Min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Paul Taylor Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 9/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for cleaning and sterilizing a medical device comprises the steps of: placing the device into a container; cleaning the device in the container with a cleaning solution; rinsing the device in the container with a rinse solution; and vaporizing a liquid substance in the container to create a sterilant vapor and contacting the device with the vapor to effect sterilization of the device.