Container and system for decontaminating a medical device with a fluid

US9439991B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medivators Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mason Schwartz · Elk River, US
• Jonathan K. Olson · Delano, US
• Thomas M. Gentle · Saint Michael, US
• John E. Marxer · Apple Valley, US
• Michael P. Petersen · Eden Prairie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2202/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for decontaminating a medical device includes enclosing the medical device in an enclosure including a fog-permeable layer and an exterior port member coupled to the fog-permeable layer. The exterior port member of the enclosure is coupled to a chemical dispersing interface in a decontamination chamber. A pressure in the decontamination chamber is reduced to a sub-atmospheric pressure in a first evacuation step. A room temperature decontaminating fluid is introduced as a fog into the decontamination chamber. The fog is held in the decontamination chamber for a decontaminating time. The pressure in the decontamination chamber is reduced to a sub-atmospheric pressure in a second evacuation step. The decontamination chamber is vented to atmospheric pressure.