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US 9,849,203 B2Granted
Sterilization method
AssigneePeroxyChem LLC
InventorsJohn M. Rovison, Jr., Shibu Abraham, Charles J. Lymburner, Michael J. Digeronimo
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Abstract
A method of sterilizing a material, said method comprising the steps of: (a) introducing a solution comprising peroxyacetic acid into a hot gaseous stream to produce a peroxyacetic acid vapor; and (b) contacting such peroxyacetic acid vapor with the material to be sterilized.
Claims11
A method of sterilizing a material, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) introducing a solution comprising peroxyacetic acid, wherein the solution comprises an aqueous equilibrium mixture of peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, and acetic acid, into a hot gaseous stream to produce a peroxyacetic acid vapor;
- and b) contacting such peroxyacetic acid vapor with the material to be sterilized without the deposition of condensate droplets onto the surface of such material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.