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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Jeffrey R. Horacek, Mentor, OH (US);
Donald A. Sargent, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Alan M. Solomon, Mundelein, IL (US);
John J. Mayer, Painesville, OH (US);
Christopher A. Jethrow, Maple Heights, OH (US);
Karl Ludwig, Girard, PA (US);
Jeffrey R. Horacek, Mentor, OH (US);
Donald A. Sargent, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Alan M. Solomon, Mundelein, IL (US);
John J. Mayer, Painesville, OH (US);
Christopher A. Jethrow, Maple Heights, OH (US);
Karl Ludwig, Girard, PA (US);
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for deactivating medical instruments and devices. The apparatus has a housing structure and a drawer disposed in the housing structure. The drawer has a recess formed therein and a planar surface formed about the periphery of the recess. The recess is dimensioned to receive medical instruments and devices to be microbially deactivated. A circulation system is provided within the housing structure to circulate a microbial deactivation fluid through the recess. A drawer-sealing assembly is located in the housing structure. The drawer-sealing assembly is operable to engage the drawer assembly and fluidly seal the recess to create a decontamination chamber.