Sterilization apparatus
AssigneePlasmapp Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoubong LIM, Seunghun LEE, Junyoung KIM, Miseon HWANG
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Abstract
The present invention provides a sterilization apparatus. The sterilization apparatus comprises a sterilant extractor configured to extract a sterilant using an auxiliary needle from a sterilant cartridge disposed inside or outside a sterilization chamber and a sterilant supplier configured to receive the sterilant extracted through the auxiliary needle, to vaporize the sterilant through a vaporizer, and to provide the vaporized sterilant to the sterilization chamber or a vacuum pouch disposed inside the sterilization chamber through a main needle.
Claims13
A sterilization apparatus comprising:
- a sterilant extractor configured to extract a sterilant using an auxiliary needle from a sterilant cartridge disposed inside or outside a sterilization chamber;
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- a sterilant supplier configured to receive the sterilant extracted through the auxiliary needle, to vaporize the sterilant through a vaporizer, and to provide the vaporized sterilant to the sterilization chamber or a vacuum pouch disposed inside the sterilization chamber through a main needle.
An operating method of a sterilization apparatus comprising:
- a sterilant extractor configured to extract a sterilant using an auxiliary needle from a sterilant cartridge disposed inside or outside a sterilization chamber;
- and a sterilant supplier configured to receive the sterilant extracted through the auxiliary needle, to vaporize the sterilant through a vaporizer, and to provide the vaporized sterilant to the sterilization chamber or a vacuum pouch disposed inside the sterilization chamber through a main needle, the operating method comprising:
- vacuum evacuating the sterilization chamber or the vacuum pouch disposed inside the sterilization chamber using the main needle while a connection path between the vaporizer and the auxiliary needle is closed;
- extracting the sterilant contained in the sterilant cartridge using the auxiliary needle while the connection path between the vaporizer and the auxiliary needle is opened, and injecting the sterilant into the sterilization chamber or the vacuum pouch through the vaporizer;
- sterilizing a target object in the sterilization chamber or the vacuum pouch while the connection path between the vaporizer and the auxiliary needle is closed;
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- exhausting the sterilant diffused in the sterilization chamber or the vacuum pouch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.