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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Ben Fryer, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Szu Min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Robert Lukasik, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Todd Morrison, Dana Point, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ben Fryer, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Szu Min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Robert Lukasik, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Todd Morrison, Dana Point, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A62B 7/08 (2006.01); B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 1/00 (2006.01); A01G 13/06 (2006.01); F26B 11/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A chemical vapor sterilization process is enhanced by flowing a portion of the sterilant vapor through an instrument container using a normal portion of the exhaust process. Preferably, an exhaust conduit which draws a vacuum on a sterilization chamber is oriented so that the container is adjacent an inlet to the conduit.