Simple Self-Contained Self-Sterilizing Bag

描述(申请人提供)：安全简单的自灭菌袋系统，其创新的灭菌剂释放塑料插件，是所有医疗物品，特别是对热和湿敏感的医疗产品灭菌的理想选择。该产品在商业上以及医院和家庭保健应用中都有许多应用。几乎任何热源都可以用来启动足够量的灭菌剂的释放。自动灭菌袋内的化学、温度和湿度指示器将通过时间和热量的组合在袋内完成足够的灭菌条件时给出颜色指示。自灭菌袋系统的成本相对较低，使其广泛适用于一些特殊的灭菌应用，如潜在的炭疽菌污染信件或其他生物感染的物品。自动灭菌袋系统非常适合可能不包含用于混合传统液体消毒剂的饮用水的环境，因此非常适合在野外、流动诊所、农村地区或第三世界国家使用。 总而言之，自灭菌袋系统是一种一次性自含式微型灭菌器，只需少量热量即可启动一次性袋内物品的灭菌，同时颜色指示器告诉用户灭菌周期何时完成。自灭菌袋系统作为一种廉价的感染预防方法，有可能对世界各地的健康产生重大影响。这种轻型一次性自给式灭菌器的简单、多功能和低成本满足了发展中国家对廉价灭菌方法的真正需求，而不需要对设备进行昂贵的资本投资。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The safe and simple self-sterilizing bag system, with its INNOVATIVE sterilant releasing plastic insert, is ideal for STERILIZATION of all medical items, especially heat and moisture sensitive medical products. The product has numerous applications both commercially, as well as hospital and in-home healthcare applications. Virtually any heat source can be used to initiate the release of sufficient quantities of sterilant. Chemical, temperature and humidity INDICATORS WITHIN the self-sterilizing bag will give a color indication when adequate STERILANT CONDITIONS have been accomplished INSIDE THE BAG by the combination of time and heat. The relatively low cost of the self- sterilizing bag system makes it widely applicable to a number of specialty sterilization applications such as potential anthrax contaminated letters or other biologically infested items. The self-sterilizing bag system is ideal for environments that may not contain potable water for mixing traditional liquid sterilants making it ideally suited for use in the FIELD, MOBILE CLINICS, RURAL AREAS, or THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. In summary, the self-sterilizing bag system is a disposable self-contained mini- sterilizer that requires only a small amount of heat to initiate sterilization of the contents of the disposable bag while color indicators tell the user when the sterilization cycle is complete. The self-sterilizing bag system has the potential to have a great impact in worldwide health as an inexpensive infection prevention method. The simplicity, versatility, and low cost of this light-weight disposable self-contained sterilizer answers a real need in developing countries for an inexpensive sterilization method without expensive capital investment in equipment.