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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Su-syin S. Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
James P. Kohler, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Harold R. Williams, San Clemente, CA (US);
Inventors:
Su-Syin S. Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
James P. Kohler, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Harold R. Williams, San Clemente, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sterilizer includes a vacuum chamber, a source of vaporizable sterilant, a vacuum pump, and a control system. The control system is programmed to take one or more data inputs regarding the nature of the load, such as lumen length and diameter, and determine one or more parameters of the sterilization cycle based upon the inputs.