Patent · US Expired

Method of sterilizing a package material

US6682696B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 6, 1999
Grant dateJan 27, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 6, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61L2202/23
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Containers which are ready to be filled or a package material having a plastic surface can be sterilized by hydrogen peroxide in a gaseous phase. The hydrogen peroxide is supplied to the previously heated plastic surface. The entire sterilization procedure is performed with the hydrogen peroxide in a gaseous phase.

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