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US 2002/0153511 A1Published application
Method of sterilizing and initiating a scavenging reaction in an article
AssigneeCryovac, Inc.
InventorsR. L. Cotterman, Drew V. Speer
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Abstract
A method includes providing an article including an oxygen scavenger; forming the article into a container; placing an oxygen sensitive product into the container; and exposing the container to actinic radiation at a dosage effective to sterilize the container, and trigger the oxygen scavenger in the article. Alternative methods are also disclosed. A package includes a container, the container including an activated oxygen scavenger; wherein the container is sterilized; and wherein an oxygen sensitive product is disposed in the container.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- a) providing an article comprising an oxygen scavenger;
- b) forming the article into a container;
- c) placing an oxygen sensitive product into the formed container;
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- d) exposing the formed container, with the oxygen sensitive product therein, to actinic radiation at a dosage effective to sterilize the container, and trigger the oxygen scavenger in the article.
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A method comprising:
- a) providing a container comprising an oxygen scavenger;
- b) providing an oxygen sensitive product;
- c) placing the oxygen sensitive product into the container;
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- d) exposing the container, with the oxygen sensitive product therein, to actinic radiation at a dosage effective to sterilize the container, and trigger the oxygen scavenger in the container.
2 more elements
A method comprising:
- a) providing an article comprising an oxygen scavenger;
- b) forming the article into a container;
- c) exposing the formed container to actinic radiation at a dosage effective to sterilize the container, and trigger the oxygen scavenger in the article;
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- d) placing an oxygen sensitive product into the formed container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.