Process and apparatus for sterilizing objects

US7048887B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ruediger Haaga GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Robert Frost · LaGrange, US
• Peter Awakowicz · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 2001
• Grant date: May 23, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2202/122
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a process for sterilizing objects, the surfaces of the objects are dampened by condensating a steam compound of water and hydrogen peroxide. The steam compound reaches hereby the objects to be sterilized without any additional transport gas flow. Subsequent drying occurs by means of evacuation at a pressure below the boiling points of water and hydrogen peroxide.