Method of processing industrial air stream for medical sterilizers
US6019940A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 25, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF23G2209/20
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An improved method for processing an industrial sterilization agent utilized to sterilize medical instruments includes the use of a regenerative thermal oxidizer. The sterilization agent is removed from the sterilization chamber and directed into the combustion chamber with little chance for the sterilization agent to mix with air or any other source of oxygen. In this way, the present invention reduces the possibility of explosion of the sterilization agent prior to its being directed into the combustion chamber.
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