Disinfection or sterilisation method
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorBruno Aubert
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Abstract
The invention relates to a disinfection or sterilisation method. The material to be disinfected is introduced in a receptacle and the receptacle is sealed. Subsequently, the sealed receptacle is heated under a water vapour and/or radical pressure. The water vapour pressure and/or radical pressure is obtained during the heating by evaporating the water and the radicals absorbed and/or formed in a natural way at the surface of the material.
Claims23
Disinfection or sterilisation method of a material;
- said method comprises the step of
- providing a receptacle holding a material to be disinfected, said receptacle having a possibly contaminated internal surface Sc, said receptacle being provided with means to seal the receptacle in an airtight way;
- said receptacle when sealed having an internal surface Si, said internal surface Si being equal or larger than the internal surface Sc;
- sealing said receptacle in an airtight way;
- heating said sealed receptacle whereby said surface Si and said material are heated under a water vapour and/or radical pressure, said water vapour and/or radical pressure being obtained during said heating by evaporating the water and the radicals absorbed and/or formed in a natural way at the surface of said material and/or said surface Si.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, whereby said water vapour and/or radical pressure is obtained by eliminating, before said heating, all or substantially all the air and the free space in and around said material.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, whereby the pressure in the sealed receptacle is decreased before said heating.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, whereby said material to be disinfected is introduced in said receptacle.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, whereby said material to be disinfected comprises medical waste.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, whereby said material to be disinfected comprises surgical instruments.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, whereby said material to be disinfected comprises the surface of a washbasin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.