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Container and system for decontaminating a medical device with a fluid

  • US 9,439,991 B2
  • Filed: 08/29/2014
  • Issued: 09/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for decontaminating a medical device, the method comprising:

  • enclosing the medical device in an enclosure, the enclosure including a fog-permeable layer and an exterior port member and an interior port member coupled to the fog-permeable layer;

    placing the enclosure within a decontamination chamber;

    coupling the exterior port member of the enclosure to a chemical dispersing interface in the decontamination chamber;

    reducing a pressure in the decontamination chamber to a sub-atmospheric pressure in a first evacuation step;

    introducing a room temperature decontaminating fluid as a fog into the enclosure within the decontamination chamber by flowing the fog through the exterior port member, the fog-permeable layer, the interior port member, and at least a portion of the medical device;

    holding the fog in the enclosure and the decontamination chamber for a decontaminating time;

    reducing the pressure in the decontamination chamber to a sub-atmospheric pressure in a second evacuation step; and

    venting the decontamination chamber to atmospheric pressure.

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