Wicking pad for evaporating fluids in a sterilizer
AssigneeAmerican Sterilizer Company
InventorsJudson A. Herrig, Adam Zutz
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Abstract
A decontamination system, method, and sterilant kit for a device, such as a lumen device, is depicted. The decontamination system, in some embodiments, includes a device container, a wicking pad, and a sterilant fluid delivery device. The device container, such as a terminal package or a decontamination chamber, defines a device receiving area. The wicking pad is in fluid communication with the device receiving area. The sterilant fluid delivery device is in fluid communication with the wicking pad. The sterilant fluid delivery device is configured to wet the wicking pad with sterilant fluid. The wicking pad is configured to evaporate sterilant fluid into the device receiving area.
Claims4
A method of decontaminating a device, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a device decontamination system with a container in fluid communication with a wicking pad;
- delivering a sterilant fluid to the wicking pad;
- and
- decontaminating a lumen device within the container by evaporating the sterilant fluid from the wicking pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.