公开(公告)号：US5869000A

公开(公告)日：1999-02-09

申请号：US879446

申请日：1997-06-20

申请人： Kevin Richard DeCato

发明人： Kevin Richard DeCato

IPC分类号： A61L2/14 ,  A61L2/18 ,  A61L2/20 ,  A61L2/26 ,  A61L9/00

CPC分类号： A61L2/20 ,  A61L2/14 ,  A61L2/26

摘要： An apparatus and method for vapor sterilization of articles such as medical devices and instruments with lumens. The lumens are connected in a sterilization chamber to a conduit which leads to an exhaust flow restrictor, which exhausts to a vacuum pump. The exhaust flow restrictor has a bypass also which exhausts to the vacuum pump. The majority of the gas from the sterilization chamber flows through the bypass on the exhaust flow restrictor while only a portion of the gas flows through the lumen. Because most of the gas flows through the bypass rather than through the lumens, the sterilization chamber can be pumped down rapidly. The attached lumens are sterilized effectively in spite of the rapid pumpdown rate.

摘要翻译： 用于诸如具有流明的医疗装置和器械的物品的蒸气灭菌的装置和方法。 腔室在灭菌室中连接到通向排气流量限制器的导管，排气限流器排出到真空泵。 排气限流器还具有旁路，排气到真空泵。 来自灭菌室的大部分气体在排气限流器上流过旁路，而只有一部分气体流过管腔。 因为大部分气体通过旁路而不是通过流明管，所以可以将灭菌室快速泵送。 尽管快速的抽空速率，附着的管腔有效地灭菌。