Sterile device and method for producing same
AssigneeMedtronic MiniMed, Inc.
InventorsAaron Swanson, Jennifer Reynolds, Rajiv Shah
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Abstract
A sterile device immersed in a sterile buffer and a method for providing same. The sterile device may be a medical device such as a biosensor having a biomolecule as a sensing element such as, for example, a glucose oxidase enzyme. The buffer may be a bicarbonate solution. Both the device and the buffer may be packaged and stored over long term while maintaining sterilization. The sterilization method may comprise a combination of gaseous, liquid and light sterilization.
Claims40
A sterile apparatus comprising:
- a sterile buffer for hydration;
- a sterile device for use in a sterile application, the sterile device comprising sterile electronics enclosed in a substantially liquid impervious housing, the sterile device being immersed in the sterile buffer;
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- a sterile package, wherein the sterile package encloses the sterile device and the sterile buffer.
A method for sterilizing an apparatus having electronics, comprising:
- enclosing the electronics in a substantially liquid impervious housing;
- placing the apparatus with the electronics in a buffer;
- enclosing the apparatus and the buffer in a package;
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- sterilizing the package using light.
A sterile apparatus comprising:
- a sterile package;
- a sterile buffer for hydration;
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- a sterile device for use in a sterile application, the sterile device comprising sterile electronics, the sterile electronics comprising an integrated circuit, the sterile device being immersed in the sterile buffer;
- wherein the sterile package encloses the sterile device and the sterile buffer.
A sterile, implantable medical device for in vivo implantation comprising:
- a sterile electronic circuit enclosed in a substantially liquid impervious housing;
- a sterile biological molecule for use as an agent in generating a signal to be used by the sterile electronic circuit;
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- a sterile reservoir for containing the sterile biological molecule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.