Sterilizing Cabinet Filter Assembly
OwnerRobert E. Turbett, Richard D. Richmondinventors
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door.
Claims19
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A filter assembly for a sterilizing cabinet having a vented area, the filter assembly comprising:
- (a) a first filter sized to overlie the vented area;
- (b) a second filter sized to overlie the vented area, the second filter overlying the first filter;
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- (c) a first gasket affixed to the first filter to be one of permanently affixed or integral, wherein the second filter is permanently affixed to the first gasket opposite the first filter.
A sterilizing cabinet assembly comprising:
- (a) a sterilizing cabinet having a top wall, a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls, wherein at least one of the sidewalls includes a vented area;
- (b) a door moveable relative to the vented area between an open position and a closed position;
- and (b) a filter assembly configured to overlie the vented area, the filter assembly comprising:
- (i) a first filter sized to overlie the vented area;
- (ii) a second filter sized to overlie the vented area, the second filter overlying the first filter;
- and (iii) a first gasket affixed to the first filter to be one of permanently affixed or integral, wherein the second filter is permanently affixed to the first gasket opposite the first filter.
A filter assembly for a sterilizing cabinet having a vented area, the filter assembly comprising:
- (a) a first frame and a second frame, each of the first frame and the second frame comprising a rigid or flexible edge portion and defining a hollow center portion;
- (b) a first filter comprising a porous material;
- and (c) a second filter comprising a porous material;
- wherein the first filter and the second filter are adjacently positioned between the first frame and the second frame such that the first filter and the second filter are sandwiched between the first frame and the second frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.