Process and apparatus for sterilizing objects
AssigneeRuediger Haaga GmbH
InventorsRobert Frost, Peter Awakowicz
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Abstract
In a process for sterilizing objects, the surfaces of the objects are dampened by condensating a steam compound of water and hydrogen peroxide. The steam compound reaches hereby the objects to be sterilized without any additional transport gas flow. Subsequent drying occurs by means of evacuation at a pressure below the boiling points of water and hydrogen peroxide.
Claims20
A process for sterilizing objects on their surfaces, which are dampened by condensing a steam compound of water and hydrogen peroxide, whereby the condensation fluid is subsequently removed from the surfaces by drying, wherein dampening by condensation of the steam compound is carried out without additional transport gas flow, and the drying is carried out by evacuation at a pressure below boiling points of water and hydrogen peroxide.
Apparatus for sterilizing surfaces of objects comprising:
- means for generating a steam compound of water and hydrogen peroxide,
- a sterilization chamber accommodating objects to be sterilized,
- means for dampening surfaces of the objects in the sterilization chamber by condensing the steam compound without additional transport gas flow being applied to the steam compound, and
- means for subsequently removing condensation fluid from the surfaces of the objects by drying carried out by evacuation of the sterilization chamber at a pressure below boiling points of water and hydrogen peroxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.