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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2012
Applicants:
Jami Mclaren, Crystal, MN (US);
Steven J. Olson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Kent Larson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jami McLaren, Crystal, MN (US);
Steven J. Olson, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
Kent Larson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sterilucent, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/04 (2013.01); A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber.