US 2013/0340394 A1 · STERILIZATION WRAPS AND METHODS FOR STERILIZING ARTICLES

Abstract

There is provided an improved sterilization wrap and a method for using the improved sterilization wrap to sterilize an article. The wrap is made of at least one sheet, and preferably two sheets, of sterilization material and in some embodiments, includes an additional sheet which may be made of an absorbent material. The sheet of absorbent material may have a smaller perimeter than at least one sheet of sterilization material. One side of at least one sheet of sterilization material includes a central portion. The absorbent material may be attached to the central portion of at least one sheet of sterilization material. The article to be sterilized is placed on the sterilization wrap and is then wrapped. The absorbent material provides sterility protection for the article in addition to the at least one sheet of sterilization material and also wicks moisture away from the article after sterilization has taken place. A visual indicator may be provided to indicate whether or not the article has been exposed to adequate sterilization conditions.

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Dependent claims

A sterilization wrap for wrapping an article to be sterilized comprising:

a first sheet of sterilization material, the first sheet having an outer periphery and a central portion, wherein the first sheet is made of spunbonded-meltblown-spunbonded material (SMS);
a sheet of reinforcement material that is bonded to the central portion of the first sheet and adapted to receive the article to be sterilized, wherein the perimeter of the sheet of reinforcement material is smaller than the perimeter of the first sheet, wherein the sheet of reinforcement material is made of spunbonded-meltblown-spunbonded material (SMS) of equal or higher basis weight than the SMS of the first sheet, and wherein the sheet of reinforcement material has a different color than the first sheet;
and
a second sheet of sterilization material made of SMS and bonded to outer periphery of the first sheet;
wherein the sterilization wrap is configured such that when the article to be sterilized is wrapped by the sterilization wrap, both the bottom and the sides of the article to be sterilized is covered by the sheet of reinforcement material and the top of the article to be sterilized is covered by the first sheet.

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A method for sterilizing art article comprising the steps of:

providing an article to be sterilized;
providing a sterilization wrap which comprises:
a first sheet of sterilization material, the first sheet having an outer periphery and a central portion, wherein the first sheet is made of spunbonded-meltblown-spunbonded material (SMS);
a sheet of reinforcement material that is bonded to the central portion of the first sheet and adapted to receive the article to be sterilized, wherein the perimeter of the sheet of reinforcement material is smaller than the perimeter of the first sheet, wherein the sheet of reinforcement material is made of spunbonded-meltblown-spunbonded material (SMS) of equal or higher basis weight than the SMS of the first sheet, and wherein the sheet of reinforcement material has a different color than the first sheet;
and
a second sheet of sterilization material made of SMS and bonded to outer periphery of the first sheet;
wrapping the article to be sterilized with the sterilization wrap such that both the bottom and the sides of the article to be sterilized is covered by the sheet of reinforcement material and the top of the article to be sterilized is covered by the first sheet;
and
applying sterilant to the wrapped article.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Sterilization wraps and methods for sterilizing articles

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