Patents by Inventor Suz-Min Lin

Suz-Min Lin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and process for concentrating a liquid sterilant and sterilizing articles therewith
    Publication number: 20020119075
    Abstract: A method for sterilizing a device, includes the following steps: contacting the device with liquid sterilant outside or inside a sterilization chamber at a first pressure, placing the device in the chamber before or after the contacting step, and decreasing the pressure of the chamber to a second pressure below the vapor pressure of the liquid sterilant. At least the decrease in pressure below about the vapor pressure of the liquid sterilant occurs at a pumpdown rate of less than 0.8 liters per second, calculated based on the time required to evacuate the chamber from atmospheric pressure to 20 torr when the chamber is empty and dry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Jacobs, Suz-Min Lin, Jenn-Hann Wang
  • Apparatus and process for concentrating a liquid sterilant and sterilizing articles therewith
    Patent number: 6325972
    Abstract: A method for sterilizing a device, includes the following steps: contacting the device with liquid sterilant outside or inside a sterilization chamber at a first pressure, placing the device in the chamber before or after the contacting step, and decreasing the pressure of the chamber to a second pressure below the vapor pressure of the liquid sterilant. At least the decrease in pressure below about the vapor pressure of the liquid sterilant occurs at a pumpdown rate of less than 0.8 liters per second, calculated based on the time required to evacuate the chamber from atmospheric pressure to 20 torr when the chamber is empty and dry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Jacobs, Suz-Min Lin, Jenn-Hann Wang