Apparatus and method for drying and sterilizing objects in a load
US9766012B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 19, 2012 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2202/14
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The removal of moisture from an object to be sterilized is provided through at least the steps of placing the load in the chamber, reducing the pressure within the chamber to increase the rate of evaporation of moisture from the load, monitoring over a predetermined period of time the increase in the quantity of vapor within the chamber resulting from evaporation of moisture from the load, admitting gas into the chamber and repeating the steps following placing the load into the chamber.
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