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Packaged article for ethylene oxide sterilization and subsequent storage

  • US 3,093,242 A
  • Filed: 07/10/1961
  • Issued: 06/11/1963
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/10/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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4. A PACKAGE COMPLETELY ENCLOSING AN ARTICLE BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER STERILIZATION BY EXPONSURE TO ETHYLENE OXIDE, COMPRISING A SEALED CONTAINER MADE FROM A SHEET MATERIAL WHICH IS PREVIOUS TO ETHYLENE OXIDE BUT IMPERVIOUS TO AIRBORNE BACTERIA, AN ETHYLENE OXIDE SYERILIZATION INDICATOR WHICH CONSISTS OF DRIED INK INSIGNIA CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A MIXTURE OF MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE WITH WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION, AN ACID, AN ACID-ALKALI INDICATOR DYE, AND A BINDER, SAID PACKAGE ALSO CONTAINING A SOLID MOISTURE ADSORBENT CONTAINING ADSORBED WATER WHILE RETAINING ITS APPARENT DRY CONDITION WHEREBY WATER VAPOR IS PROVIDED WITHIN SAID SEALED PACKAGE.

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