Low pressure hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilization system
CA 1310169 C · Owner: Jacobs, Paul T. · Inventors: Addy, Tralance O.; Jacobs, Paul T.; Lin, Szu-Min
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A low-pressure vapor sterilization process which employs hydrogen peroxide vapor as the active agent. In the process, the article to be sterilized is placed in a chamber and the chamber evacuated to a pressure of less than about 20 torr. Aqueous hydrogen peroxide is added to the chamber and allowed to vaporize. The chamber is maintained at a pressure below the vapor pressure of the hydrogen peroxide and at a temperature of less than about 40°C. for a period of time sufficient to achieve sterilization of the article.
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- Granted November 17, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 17, 2009.
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