Patent · US Expired

Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials

US5393490A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 18, 1994
Grant dateFeb 28, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2/14
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.

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