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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Steven J. Olson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Inventor:
Steven J. Olson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sterilucent, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for achieving low temperature vapor sterilization of objects which may involve objects having a lumen. Following evacuation of the sterilization chamber and the introduction of a vaporous or gaseous sterilant, the volume of the chamber is changed by actuation of a movable boundary in the chamber to increase and decrease the pressure in the chamber thus driving the sterilant into and out of such lumens.