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  • Two-step sterilization process using liquid sterilant
    Patent number: 6010662
    Abstract: A method sterilizes a device having a diffusion restricted area and a non-diffusion restricted area. The method includes the steps of vaporizing a first solution of hydrogen peroxide within the diffusion restricted area and vaporizing a second solution of hydrogen peroxide outside of the diffusion restricted area, with the first solution having a lower concentration of hydrogen peroxide than the second solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Szu-Min Lin, Paul Taylor Jacobs