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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Abigail Freeman, Del Mar, CA (US);
Brian Riggs, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Robert Harrison, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Gregory S. Simmons, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/081 (2013.01); A61L 2/087 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for medical device sterilization comprises staggering a stack of packages so that a back surface of each package partially overlaps a front surface of another of the packages. Each package contains a medical device. The stack of packages are positioned so that the front surfaces of the packages face toward a radiation source. The packages are then exposed to radiation.