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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2014
Medivators, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mason Schwartz, Elk River, MN (US);
Jonathan K. Olson, Delano, MN (US);
Thomas M. Gentle, Jr., St. Michael, MN (US);
John E. Marxer, Eagan, MN (US);
Michael P. Petersen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
MEDIVATORS INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method for decontaminating a medical device includes enclosing the medical device in an enclosure including a fog-permeable layer and an exterior port member coupled to the fog-permeable layer. The exterior port member of the enclosure is coupled to a chemical dispersing interface in a decontamination chamber. A pressure in the decontamination chamber is reduced to a sub-atmospheric pressure in a first evacuation step. A room temperature decontaminating fluid is introduced as a fog into the decontamination chamber. The fog is held in the decontamination chamber for a decontaminating time. The pressure in the decontamination chamber is reduced to a sub-atmospheric pressure in a second evacuation step. The decontamination chamber is vented to atmospheric pressure.