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US 2004/0105780 A1Published application
Integrated washing and sterilization process
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsSzu-Min Lin, Paul Taylor Jacobs
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Abstract
A method for cleaning and sterilizing a medical device comprises the steps of: placing the device into a container; cleaning the device in the container with a cleaning solution; rinsing the device in the container with a rinse solution; and vaporizing a liquid substance in the container to create a sterilant vapor and contacting the device with the vapor to effect sterilization of the device.
Claims8
A method for cleaning and sterilizing a medical device comprising the steps of:
- placing the device into a container;
- cleaning the device in the container with a cleaning solution;
- rinsing the device in the container with a rinse solution;
- vaporizing a liquid substance in the container to create a sterilant vapor and contacting the device with the vapor to effect sterilization of the device.
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