# US 2023/0053839 A1 · System for controlling a sterile volume > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0053839 A1 - Document ID: US20230053839A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/795,704 - Filed: 2021-01-29 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-29 - Assignees: Remed-Ia Technologies - Applicants: Remed-Ia Technologies - Inventors: Claude VAISLIC; Olivier GAFSOU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230053839A1 ## CPC - G16H 40/20: for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms - A61L 2/24: Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation - A61L 2103/75: Room floors or walls - A61L 2202/14: Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) ## Abstract The invention relates to a system for controlling (26) the asepsis of a sterile volume (23), the system (26) comprising:—at least one detection sensor (28) which is configured to allow detecting an intrusion (30) in the sterile volume (23) and to output a signal (34a) relating to said detection,—a system for determining (32) an aseptic fault of the sterile volume (23), which is configured to receive the at least one signal (34a) from the at least one detection sensor (28) and to determine an aseptic fault of the sterile volume (23) on the basis of the at least one received signal (34a). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume in the medical, industrial and food-processing fields, the system comprising: at least one detection sensor configured to detect an intrusion in the sterile volume, and to output a signal relating to said detection, a system for determining an aseptic fault of the sterile volume which is configured to receive at least one signal from the at least one detection sensor and to determine an aseptic fault of the sterile volume on the basis of the at least one received signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, further comprising a graphical interface configured to allow to define the sterile volume, in particular the boundaries of the sterile volumes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising at least one contact sensor connected to at least one non-sterile element and configured to allow the detection of any type of contact of an element located at least partly in the sterile volume with the at least one non-sterile element, the system for determining an aseptic fault of the sterile volume being configured to receive at least one signal from the at least one contact sensor and to determine an aseptic fault of the sterile volume (23) on the basis of the signals received from the at least one contact sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising an alert device, the alert device being configured to emit an alert when an aseptic fault of the sterile volume is determined. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 4, wherein the alert device is configured to be deactivated manually. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 4, wherein the alert device is configured to be reactivated automatically, if no manual reactivation has taken place for a predetermined period of time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, wherein the at least one detection sensor comprises a camera, and/or a photosensitive reflection sensor, and/or an infrared shower, and/or a distance sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 3, wherein the at least one contact sensor comprises a chemical sensor, and/or an electrostatic sensor, and/or a pressure sensor, and/or a proximity sensor, and/or an inertial sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, wherein the at least one detection sensor is located outside the sterile volume. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising an information storage device configured to store, over time, the data of the at least one signal coming from the at least one detection sensor and/or of the at least one signal coming from the at least one contact sensor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 10, comprising a display device, the display device being configured to display a representation of the stored data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising an authorisation level system configured to condition the access to a volume comprising the sterile volume to a person having a required authorisation level. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising a device for counting people configured to count the number of people in a volume comprising the sterile volume. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising a device for controlling openings of a door allowing access to a volume comprising the sterile volume, the door opening control device is intended to control the number of times said door is opened and/or the duration of opening of said door during a given period of time. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, comprising a particle density sensor measuring the density of particles in suspension in the sterile volume and/or a volume comprising the sterile volume. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A method for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume by a control system according to claim 1, the method comprising: detecting an intrusion in the sterile volume by said at least one detection sensor of the control system; receiving a signal relating to an intrusion, output by the at least one detection sensor, by the determination system; and determining an aseptic fault of the sterile volume thanks to the determination system of the control system on the basis of the at least one received signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 16, wherein the method comprises: defining the sterile volume using a graphical interface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The system for controlling the asepsis of a sterile volume according to claim 1, wherein the volume for which the access is conditioned in a room.