Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING MEDICAL DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2022107538
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a sterilizing cabinet to implement a method of processing a medical device, such as a used medical device or a non-sterile device.SOLUTION: The method includes receiving from a user an input of selecting a sterilization cycle from a plurality of available sterilization cycles. The sterilizing cabinet identifies a biological indicator associated with the selected sterilization cycle. The sterilizing cabinet prompts the user via a touch screen display to place the medical device and the biological indicator in a sterilization chamber of the sterilizing cabinet. The sterilizing cabinet performs load conditioning on the medical device in the sterilization chamber. The sterilizing cabinet then performs the selected sterilization cycle on the medical device in the sterilization chamber after completing the action of the load conditioning.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
THOMPSON BRIAN J
JACOB S CHILDS
XIE CHUNHUI
MARCO A MANGIATERRA
DARIUS D EGHBAL
MARGARET D SHAFFER
JEREMY M YARWOOD
JACOB S CHILDS
XIE CHUNHUI
MARCO A MANGIATERRA
DARIUS D EGHBAL
MARGARET D SHAFFER
JEREMY M YARWOOD
Application Number:
JP2022048087A
Publication Date:
July 21, 2022
Filing Date:
March 24, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ETHICON INC
International Classes:
A61L2/24; A61B1/12; A61L2/28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kiminobu Kato
Takafumi Oshima
Takafumi Oshima