System and method for sterilizing a lumen device
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsSzu-Min Lin, Paul Taylor Jacobs
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Abstract
A system and a method for sterilizing a lumen device involve a container in a chamber and a source of germicide. The container has an interface separating the container into two compartments and a communication port which provides fluid communication between the container and the chamber. The lumen device extends across the interface, and the two compartments are in fluid communication with each other through the lumen device. The lumen device is sterilized when the germicide flows from compartment to compartment through the lumen device.
Claims21
A system for sterilizing a lumen device comprising;
- a chamber;
- a source of germicide;
- and
- a container inside said chamber, said container comprising:
- at least one interface, wherein said at least one interface separates said container into at least a first compartment and a second compartment;
- at least one communication port in said container, wherein said at least one communication port provides fluid communication between an interior of said container and an interior of said chamber;
- and
- at least one lumen device extending across said at least one interface, whereby said first compartment is in fluid communication with said second compartment through said at least one lumen device.
A system for sterilizing a lumen device, said system comprising:
- an enclosure with an interface, wherein said interface separates said enclosure into a first compartment and a second compartment;
- at least one lumen device extending across said interface, whereby said first compartment is in fluid communication with said second compartment through said lumen device;
- a source of germicide in said first compartment;
- and
- a communication port in said second compartment, wherein said communication port provides fluid communication between an interior and an exterior of said enclosure.
A method for sterilizing a lumen device, said method comprising:
- separating an enclosure into a first compartment and a second compartment with an interface, wherein at least one lumen device extends across said interface, whereby said first compartment is in fluid communication with said second compartment through said at least one lumen device;
- providing a germicide in said first compartment;
- evacuating said enclosure through said second compartment;
- and
- flowing germicide from said first compartment to said second compartment through said at least one lumen device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.