Method and apparatus for controlling sterilization chambers
AssigneeKonnexis Inc.
InventorsPeter Veselovsky, Michael Omatsu, Ahmad Juqqa, Nader Hijazi
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Abstract
There is provided a method and apparatus for operating a sterilization chamber such that one version of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) software is compatible with any number of hardware configurations of the sterilization chamber. The PLC software is divided into a core module for operations which are the same across all hardware configurations, and a template module for hardware specific operations. Configuration data, state data, and live data are segregated from each other.
Claims17
A method of operating a sterilization chamber having a plurality of subsystems from a computing device, comprising:
- receiving configuration data for the chamber at the computing device, the configuration data indicating an identity of devices and sensors comprised in each of the plurality of subsystems;
- reading phase information from a sterilization cycle specification;
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- invoking a subsystem of the sterilization chamber corresponding to the phase information using a standard interface of the subsystem;
- wherein the subsystem executes a phase using the phase information and the configuration data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.