Presented is a method and apparatus for loading. The method includes loading one of an individually sterilized item or a non-sterile item into the cart, the cart comprising a top portion, and a plurality of wheels fixedly coupled to a bottom portion of the cart able to freely rotate and support the cart. The method further includes loading a sterilizing cabinet onto the cart, the sterilizing cabinet being removeably affixed to the cart and comprising an interior, the interior containing collectively sterilized items, the interior being sterilizeable and resealable.
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A method of verifying sterilization comprises performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned and examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device, determining if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, and removing, by the single user being sterile and gowned, through the access port at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
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A rigid sterilization system for use in a sterilizer for the sterilization of objects requiring sterilization, the system comprising a base formed of a material adapted to withstand exposure to a sterilizing agent, the base having (i) a support surface having a portion configured to support the objects requiring sterilization, and (ii) a first sealing surface, a cover having a first vent port and a first filter overlying the first vent port, the cover comprising a rigid material configured to hold a selected shape, wherein the lower portion of the rigid cover is configured to form a sealed interface with the base, and a continuous seal between the first sealing surface of the base and the cover, the continuous seal forming a continuous sealed interface between the base and the cover.
A sterilization packaging system for an object requiring sterilization in a sterilizer, the sterilization packaging system comprising a base having a support surface and a plurality of sides, the support surface configured to support an object requiring sterilization, a wrap sized to overlie the sides of the base and the object requiring sterilization, the wrap having a main body portion and a lower portion, a sealing interface between the lower portion of the wrap and the base, the sealing interface configured to form a continuous seal between the lower portion of the wrap and a first sealing surface, and a first drape moveable between an unfolded position and a folded position, wherein the first drape is sized to overlie at least a first portion of a support surface of the base in the folded position.
Metal containers and trays especially adapted to hold
surgical instruments during the process of sterilization and
to transport the sterilized surgical instruments within the
medical facility; containers containing disposable filters
and being especially adapted to transport the sterile
surgical instruments within the medical facility.
(1) Metal containers and trays especially adapted to hold surgical instruments during the process of sterilization and to transport the sterilized surgical instruments within the medical facility; containers containing disposable filters and being especially adapted to transport the sterile surgical instruments within the medical facility.
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door.
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A filter cartridge for a sterilizing cabinet includes a first gasket comprising a rigid or flexible edge portion and forming a frame defining a hollow center portion, a first filter comprising a porous material for maintaining a sterilized condition in the sterilizing cabinet and passing gaseous materials through the porous material, wherein the first filter is affixed to the first gasket, and a second filter comprising a porous material for maintaining a sterilized condition in the sterilizing cabinet and passing gaseous materials through the porous material, wherein the second filter is either affixed to the first filter or the first gasket opposite the first filter, and wherein the filter cartridge provides sufficient structural integrity to form a sealing interface with a confronting surface of the sterilizing cabinet.
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metal containers and trays to hold surgical instruments during the process of sterilization and to transport the sterilized surgical instruments within the medical facility; disposable filters for use in the process of sterilization and transport of the sterile surgical instruments within the medical facility
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING A FLOOR LOADING STERILIZER
A method of sterilizing comprises loading an item to be sterilized into an integrated sterilizing cabinet and sterilizable wheeled case cart, the sterilizing cabinet comprising an interior, the interior being sterilizable, rolling the integrated sterilizable wheeled case cart and sterilizing cabinet into the floor loading sterilizer, wherein rolling the integrated sterilizable wheeled case cart and sterilizing cabinet into the floor loading sterilizer is independent of a height adjustment of the sterilizing cabinet relative to the sterilizable wheeled case cart, exposing the integrated sterilizable wheeled case cart and sterilizing cabinet in the floor loading sterilizer to a sterilizing cycle, and rolling the integrated sterilizable wheeled case cart and sterilizing cabinet from the floor loading sterilizer.
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An exemplary embodiment includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly. The sterilizing cabinet includes a cabinet having an access port, a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The sterilizing cabinet assembly also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having a vent port. The sterilizing cabinet has a primary filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door and a secondary filter overlying at least a portion of the primary filter.
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The present invention comprises a sterilizing wrap system comprising a base having a support surface and a first sealing surface spaced from the support surface, the support surface supports at least one object requiring sterilization. A wrap is sized to engage the first sealing surface of the base to define a volume encompassing the support surface and the spaced first sealing surface of the base. A first seal maintains a sealed interface between the wrap and the first sealing surface.
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A method of verifying sterilization comprises performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned and examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device, determining if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, and removing, by the single user being sterile and gowned, through the access port at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
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A sterilization container for retaining surgical instruments in a sterilizer comprising a plurality of walls defining an interior volume sized to receive at least one instrument tray, least one of the walls defining a venting pass through area, and a filter occluding the venting passage area, wherein a ratio of the venting pass through area to the interior volume is at least 1 square inch:125 cubic inches.
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B01D 46/64 - Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours with multiple filtering elements, characterised by their mutual disposition connected in series arranged concentrically or coaxially
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An exemplary embodiment includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly. The sterilizing cabinet includes a cabinet having an access port, a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The sterilizing cabinet assembly also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having a vent port. The sterilizing cabinet has a primary filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door and a secondary filter overlying at least a portion of the primary filter.
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A sterilization container for retaining surgical instruments in a sterilizer comprising a plurality of walls defining an interior volume sized to receive at least one instrument tray, least one of the walls defining a venting pass through area, and a filter occluding the venting passage area, wherein a ratio of the venting pass through area to the interior volume is at least 1 square inch:125 cubic inches.
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Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door.
Presented is a method and apparatus for loading. The method includes loading one of an individually sterilized item or a non-sterile item into the cart, the cart comprising a top portion, and a plurality of wheels fixedly coupled to a bottom portion of the cart able to freely rotate and support the cart. The method further includes loading a sterilizing cabinet onto the cart, the sterilizing cabinet being removeably affixed to the cart and comprising an interior, the interior containing collectively sterilized items, the interior being sterilizable and resealable.
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Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An exemplary embodiment includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly. The sterilizing cabinet includes a cabinet having an access port, a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The sterilizing cabinet assembly also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having a vent port. The sterilizing cabinet has a primary filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door and a secondary filter overlying at least a portion of the primary filter.
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door.
A method and apparatus for sterilizing is provided, wherein an item to be sterilized is loaded into a sterilizing cabinet integrated with a sterilizable wheeled case cart, the sterilizing cabinet comprising an interior, the interior being sterilizable; the sterilizable wheeled cart and the affixed sterilizing cabinet is rolled into the floor loading sterilizer; the sterilizable wheeled case cart and the integrated sterilizing cabinet in the floor loading sterilizer is exposed to a sterilizing cycle; and the integrated sterilizable wheeled case cart and sterilizing cabinet are rolled from the floor loading sterilizer, without requiring vertical translation of the sterilizing cabinet relative to the ground or the case cart.
The present invention comprises a sterilizing wrap system comprising a base having a support surface and a first sealing surface spaced from the support surface, the support surface supports at least one object requiring sterilization. A wrap is sized to engage the first sealing surface of the base to define a volume encompassing the support surface and the spaced first sealing surface of the base. A first seal maintains a sealed interface between the wrap and the first sealing surface.
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A method of verifying sterilization comprises performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned and examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device, determining if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, and removing, by the single user being sterile and gowned, through the access port at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
A sterilization container for retaining surgical instruments in a sterilizer comprising a plurality of walls defining an interior volume sized to receive at least one instrument tray, least one of the walls defining a venting pass through area, and a filter occluding the venting passage area, wherein a ratio of the venting pass through area to the interior volume is at least 1 square inch:125 cubic inches.
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Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door.
Presented is a method and apparatus for loading. The method includes loading one of an individually sterilized item or a non-sterile item into the cart, the cart comprising a top portion, and a plurality of wheels fixedly coupled to a bottom portion of the cart able to freely rotate and support the cart. The method further includes loading a sterilizing cabinet onto the cart, the sterilizing cabinet being removeably affixed to the cart and comprising an interior, the interior containing collectively sterilized items, the interior being sterilizable and resealable.
B62B 3/04 - Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheelsSteering devices thereforEquipment therefor involving means for grappling or securing in place objects to be carriedLoad handling equipment
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An exemplary embodiment includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly. The sterilizing cabinet includes a cabinet having an access port, a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The sterilizing cabinet assembly also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having a vent port. The sterilizing cabinet has a primary filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door and a secondary filter overlying at least a portion of the primary filter.
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An exemplary embodiment includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly. The sterilizing cabinet includes a cabinet having an access port, a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The sterilizing cabinet assembly also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having a vent port. The sterilizing cabinet has a primary filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door and a secondary filter overlying at least a portion of the primary filter.
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An apparatus includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly including a cabinet having an access port and a bottom, the bottom configurable to induce a condensate to flow on the bottom to a vent port. The apparatus further includes a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The apparatus also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having the vent port, and a filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door.
Methods and apparatus for sterilization are presented. An exemplary embodiment includes a sterilizing cabinet assembly. The sterilizing cabinet includes a cabinet having an access port, a door connected to the cabinet, the door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the cabinet and a closed position precluding passage through the access port. The sterilizing cabinet assembly also includes at least one of the cabinet and the door having a vent port. The sterilizing cabinet has a primary filter overlying the vent port and forming a sealed interface with an adjacent portion of the one of the cabinet and the door and a secondary filter overlying at least a portion of the primary filter.
