Arrangement for adapting a gas generation and recovery system to a target volume
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorLeon M. Heredia
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for generating, administering, extracting and recovering sterilant gas for sterilizing and/or decontaminating enclosed spaces such as, interior spaces of microbial isolators and also components associated with such apparatus and methods. Specifically contemplated herein, inter alia, is a modular system that includes at least one modular section (A), which includes an arrangement for administering gas to a target and for recirculating gas back to the target, and at least one of: at least one modular section (B) which includes an arrangement for generating a gas and at least one modular section (C) which includes an arrangement for selectively extracting gas away from the target.
Claims7
A modular system for decontaminating at least a portion of a target, said modular system comprising:
- At least one modular section (A) comprising means for:
- selectively administering the decontaminant gas to the target;
- and
- selectively recirculating gas back to the target;
- and
- at least one of:
- at least one modular section (B) comprising means for generating a decontaminant gas;
- and
- at least one modular section (C) comprising means for selectively extracting decontaminant gas away from the target;
- means for accepting decontaminant gas that has been administered to a volume;
- and means for recovering at least one ingredient from decontaminant gas accepted by said accepting means, said recovering means comprising means for introducing a medium for interacting with the accepted decontaminant gas and permitting the recovery therefrom of at least one predetermined ingredient
- wherein at lease one of:
- said at least one modular section (A);
- said at least one modular section (B);
- and
- said at least one modular section (C);
- is interchangeable with another of said modular sections, to permit the selective assembly of at least two different systems for decontaminating at least a portion of a target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.