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Self-sterilizing packaging

  • US 6,767,509 B1
  • Filed: 06/12/2000
  • Issued: 07/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for sterilizing a sterilizable object, the system comprising:

  • a container having an interior, said container having a sealable opening through which a sterilizable object may be placed into the interior of said container;

    a sterilant generator disposed within the interior of said container;

    a sterilant activator operative within the interior of said container; and

    an indicator adapted to indicate when sterilizing conditions have been achieved within the interior of said container;

    whereby, when a sterilizable object is placed within the interior of said container, and the opening of the container is sealed, the sterilant generator is activated by the sterilant activator to release an effective amount of sterilant within the interior of the container to sterilize said sterilizable object.

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