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US 2003/0190272 A1Published application
Sterilization containers and methods for radiation sterilization of liquid products
OwnerDennis Raine, Danette Bounelisinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides, among other things, sterilization containers, inner bags, and methods for the radiation sterilization of liquid products. In particular, the invention provides sterilization containers for the irradiation sterilization of a pooled volume of liquid product greater than about, fifteen liters, and methods for the irradiation sterilization of liquid products.
Claims30
A sterilization container comprising:
- (a) a container lid;
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- (b) a base comprising a bottom panel, and extending from and connected to said bottom panel so as to be upstanding and circumferentially contiguous, and to terminate at a top end that registers with said container lid and defines an opening into an interior of said base:
- (i) a first side wall and a second side wall;
- said first and second side walls being disposed opposite each other and spaced apart, and
- (ii) a front wall and a back wall;
- said front and back walls being disposed opposite each other, spaced apart, and connected to said first side wall and said second side wall, wherein said sterilization container has a capacity of a volume of liquid greater than about fifteen liters.
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A method for sterilizing a liquid product, wherein said method comprises:
- (a) disposing said liquid product in a sterilization container having a capacity of a volume of liquid greater than about fifteen liters, and
- (b) exposing said sterilization container to an amount of radiation sufficient to sterilize said liquid product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.