Sterilizing apparatus and related method

US10086963B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDINSTILL DEVELOPMENT LLC · US

Inventors

• Daniel Py · Short Hills, US
• Norbert M. Assion · Shelton, US
• Nathaniel Houle · Hebron, US
• Debashis Sahoo · Danbury, US
• M. Jeffrey Willey · Brookfield, US
• Eric E. Hartman · Ridgefield, US
• John Guthy · Stamford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2015
• Grant date: Oct 2, 2018
• Expiry date: May 5, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2251/0078
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A sterilizing apparatus and related method are provided for sterilizing an object, such as a container. The sterilizing apparatus may include a housing, a source of fluid sterilant, a fluid sterilant station for transmitting fluid sterilant onto a surface of the object, a flow system for circulating air or gas within the housing, a system for removing fluid sterilant from the surface of the object, and a system for evacuating fluid sterilant from the housing. The container may include a body defining a storage chamber for receiving a product, and a container closure. A sealing portion may be engageable with the body to form a substantially dry hermetic seal between the container closure and body.