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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2008
Michael J. Coyle, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Ronald A. Gatchell, Tipp City, OH (US);
Richard L. Jones, Eaton, OH (US);
Philip Marc Stewart, Greenville, OH (US);
James E. Clapp, Tipp City, OH (US);
Dennis L. Harris, Celina, OH (US);
Michael J. Coyle, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Ronald A. Gatchell, Tipp City, OH (US);
Richard L. Jones, Eaton, OH (US);
Philip Marc Stewart, Greenville, OH (US);
James E. Clapp, Tipp City, OH (US);
Dennis L. Harris, Celina, OH (US);
Midmark Corporation, Versailles, OH (US);
Abstract
A portable steam sterilizer for surgical instruments includes a tray configured to hold the instruments and a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber includes a cavity portion and a handle portion. The cavity portion includes a set of walls and is configured to releasably receive the tray, while the handle portion is coupled to the tray for selectively inserting and removing the tray respectively into and from within the cavity portion. The handle portion is sealingly engageable with the cavity portion to thereby define the pressure chamber. A steam inlet fluidly communicates the pressure chamber with a source of steam to selectively permit steam to flow from the source of steam and into the pressure chamber. A steam outlet fluidly communicates the pressure chamber with a steam management assembly to selectively permit steam to flow from the pressure chamber and into the steam management assembly.