# US 11,110,187 B2 · Mobile sterilization apparatus and method for using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,110,187 B2 - Document ID: US11110187B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/108,963 - Filed: 2020-12-01 - Published: 2021-03-18 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-10 - Assignees: Progressive Sterilization, LLC - Applicants: Progressive Sterilization, LLC - Inventors: Michele Mauzerall; Maryellen Keenan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11110187B2 ## CPC - A61L 2/07: Steam - A47B 57/20: consisting of tongues, pins or similar projecting means coacting with openings (A47B57/08, A47B57/16 take precedence) - A47B 81/00: Cabinets or racks specially adapted for other particular purposes, e.g. for storing guns or skis - A47B 91/04: Elastic supports - A47B 91/16: Self-levelling legs - A61B 50/00: Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers (drapes specially adapted for instruments A61B46/10) - A61B 50/13: Trolleys{, e.g. carts} - A61B 50/22: Racks - A61B 50/33: Trays - A61B 50/34: Baskets - A61L 2/00: Disinfection or sterilisation of materials or objects, in general; Accessories therefor - A61L 2/26: Accessories - A61L 9/00: Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air (body deodorants A61Q15/00; purifying air by respirators A62B, A62D9/00; separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours B01D45/00 - B01D51/00, B03C3/00; chemical or biological purification of waste gases B01D53/34; production of ozone C01B13/10; air-conditioning systems incorporating sterilisation F24F3/16, F24F8/20) - B01D 46/0005: {Mounting of filtering elements within casings, housings or frames (B01D46/2422 takes precedence)} - B01D 46/0086: {Filter condition indicators} - B60B 33/00: Castors in general {; Anti-clogging castors} (castors for large containers B65D90/18) - A61B 2050/105: {Cabinets} - A61L 2103/15: Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps - A61L 2202/122: Chambers for sterilisation - A61L 2202/16: Mobile applications, e.g. portable devices, trailers, devices mounted on vehicles - B62B 3/00: Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor {(convertible from one-axled to two-axled vehicle B62B1/002)} - B62B 3/02: involving parts being adjustable, collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible - Y10T 29/49828: Progressively advancing of work assembly station or assembled portion of work - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) - A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - B60B: VEHICLE WHEELS (making wheels or wheel parts by rolling B21H1/00, by forging, hammering or pressing B21K1/28); CASTORS; AXLES FOR WHEELS OR CASTORS; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION - B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A sterilization cabinet, comprising a top panel, at least two side panels, and a floor panel forming a part of a chamber of the sterilization cabinet; at least one door connected to at least one of the at least two side panels of the sterilization cabinet; a vent formed in at least one of the two side panels; at least one first filter covering the vent and a filter cover configured to hold the first filter against the vent; a drain positioned in the floor panel, wherein the floor panel has a slope configured to cause condensate within the chamber to flow into the drain and wherein the drain is the only outlet for the condensate along the floor panel; and a second filter covering the drain such that condensate flowing into the drain passes through the second filter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for transporting a plurality of medical items between a sterilizer to an operating room or storage room, the system comprising: a cart comprising a plurality of wheels, the cart having a first space for receiving one or more of the plurality of medical items; a sterilization cabinet received on a second space of the cart, the sterilization cabinet comprising an interior sterilization chamber configured to receive one or more additional medical items of the plurality of medical items, the sterilization cabinet is configured to be opened for insertion and removal of the one or more additional medical items into the interior sterilization chamber, where the sterilization cabinet is configured with at least one vent to permit the sterilizer to sterilize the interior sterilization chamber and the one or more additional medical items; where an entirety of a floor of the interior sterilization chamber is continuous and is pitched to a lowest point to allow gravity to direct a condensate generated by a steam towards the lowest point, the lowest point being adjacent to an opening in the interior sterilization chamber; a filter door having a plurality of perforations, the filter door configured to retain a filter in the opening such that gravity directs the condensate from the floor to the filter; and where the cart is configured to be moved into the sterilizer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein sterilization cabinet includes at least one vent comprising a plurality of perforations along at least one of a wall and a top of the sterilization cabinet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one shelf within the interior sterilization chamber to support a plurality of instrument trays carrying the one or more additional medical items. ### Claim 4 A system for transporting a plurality of medical items between a sterilizer to an operating room or storage room, the system comprising: a cart comprising a plurality of wheels, the cart having a first space for receiving one or more of the plurality of medical items; a sterilization cabinet received on a second space of the cart, the sterilization cabinet comprising an interior sterilization chamber configured to receive one or more additional medical items of the plurality of medical items into the interior sterilization chamber, wherein the sterilization cabinet includes a sealed configuration that permits passage of a steam from the sterilizer into the interior sterilization chamber and prevents contamination of the one or more additional medical items while in the interior sterilization chamber; where an entirety of a floor of the interior sterilization chamber is continuous and pitched to a lowest point to allow gravity to direct a condensate generated by the steam towards an opening adjacent to the lowest point; where the interior sterilization chamber further comprises a filter door having a plurality of perforations, the filter door configured to retain a filter in the opening against a fluid permeable rigid plate such that gravity directs the condensate from the floor to the filter; and where the cart is configured to be moved into the sterilizer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, further comprising at least one shelf within the interior sterilization chamber to support a plurality of instrument trays carrying the one or more additional medical items. ### Claim 6 A system for transporting a plurality of medical items between a sterilizer to an operating room or storage room, the system comprising: a cart comprising a plurality of wheels, the cart having a first space for receiving one or more of the plurality of medical items; a sterilization cabinet received on a second space of the cart, the sterilization cabinet comprising an interior sterilization chamber configured to receive one or more additional medical items of the plurality of medical items, the sterilization cabinet is configured to be opened for insertion and removal of the one or more additional medical items into the interior sterilization chamber, where the sterilization cabinet is configured with at least one vent to permit the sterilizer to sterilize the interior sterilization chamber and the one or more additional medical items; a first filter adjacent to the at least one vent and a filter cover that holds the first filter to a body of the sterilization cabinet such that a steam from the sterilizer passes through the first filter when entering the interior sterilization chamber; wherein an entirety of a floor of the interior sterilization chamber is pitched such that gravity directs a condensate generated by steam in the interior sterilization chamber to a lowest point on a floor where the lowest point on the floor comprises a drain opening comprising a recess extending below the lowest point of the floor; and where the cart is configured to be moved into the sterilizer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising a first filter adjacent to the at least one vent and a filter cover that holds the first filter to the body such that a steam from the sterilizer passes through the first filter when entering the interior sterilization chamber; and; wherein an entirety of a floor of the interior sterilization chamber is pitched such that gravity directs a condensate generated by steam in the interior sterilization chamber to a lowest point on a floor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, further comprising at least one shelf within the interior sterilization chamber to support a plurality of instrument trays carrying the one or more additional medical items.