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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Szu-min Lin, Irvine, CA (US);
Paul T. Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Jenn-hann Wang, Northridge, CA (US);
James P. Kohler, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Richard Jed Kendall, San Clemente, CA (US);
Harold R. Williams, San Clemente, CA (US);
Robert Lukasik, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Szu-Min Lin, Irvine, CA (US);
Paul T. Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Jenn-Hann Wang, Northridge, CA (US);
James P. Kohler, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Richard Jed Kendall, San Clemente, CA (US);
Harold R. Williams, San Clemente, CA (US);
Robert Lukasik, Lake Elsinore, CA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of sterilizing an article includes placing the article into a chamber containing an inner atmosphere and exhausting the inner atmosphere to lower pressure in the chamber. Hydrogen peroxide vapor is present in the chamber during at least a portion of the step of exhausting the inner atmosphere. Exhaustion of the inner atmosphere is terminated and additional hydrogen peroxide is admitted into the chamber. Hydrogen peroxide vapor contacts the article for a sufficient period to effect sterilization of the article.