Mobile sterilization apparatus and method for using the same
AssigneeSteriCUBE Surgical Systems, LLC
InventorsMichele Mauzerall, Maryellen Keenan
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Abstract
A sterilization cabinet, comprising a top panel, at least two side panels, and a floor panel forming a part of a chamber of the sterilization cabinet; at least one door connected to at least one of the at least two side panels of the sterilization cabinet; a vent formed in at least one of the two side panels; at least one first filter covering the vent and a filter cover configured to hold the first filter against the vent; a valve positioned in a panel, wherein the valve is configured to transition between a closed configuration and an open configuration, and wherein the valve is configured to automatically transition between a closed configuration and an open configuration.
Claims20
A sterilization system, comprising:
- a sterilization unit, comprising:
- an interior sterilization chamber positioned within the sterilization unit configured to receive a surgical tray containing a surgical instrument,
- a sealable door configured to seal the interior sterilization chamber, and
- a transfer cart comprising:
- a platform configured to support the sterilization unit,
- a mechanical guide extending upwards from the platform,
- a latch coupled to the platform, and
- a powered riser configured to vertically adjust the transfer cart;
- wherein the sterilization unit is configured to be removably secured to the transfer cart via the latch.
A method of sterilizing a surgical instrument, the method comprising:
- loading a sterilization cabinet onto a platform of a transfer cart the sterilization cabinet comprising an interior sterilization chamber configured to receive a surgical tray holding a surgical instrument;
- positioning the sterilization cabinet at a sterilization location adjacent to an autoclave using the transfer cart;
- adjusting the transfer cart using powered risers;
- when the interior sterilization chamber is in a sealed configuration, transferring the sterilization cabinet from the transfer cart into the autoclave using mechanical guides;
- after sterilization of the surgical instrument within the interior sterilization chamber positioning the sterilization cabinet onto the platform of the transfer cart while the sterilization cabinet is in the sealed configuration;
- and
- relocating the sterilization cabinet from the sterilization location using the transfer cart, the surgical instrument remaining sterile while the interior sterilization chamber is in the sealed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.