Simple Self-Contained Self-Sterilizing Bag

描述（由申请人提供）：安全简单的自灭菌袋系统，带有创新的灭菌剂释放塑料插入物，是所有医疗物品灭菌的理想选择，特别是对热和湿度敏感的医疗产品。该产品在商业上以及医院和家庭医疗保健应用中都有许多应用。实际上，任何热源都可用于启动足够量的灭菌剂的释放。当通过时间和热量的组合在袋内达到适当的灭菌条件时，放置在自灭菌袋中的化学、温度和湿度指示器将给出颜色指示。自消毒袋系统的相对低的成本使其广泛地适用于许多特殊消毒应用，例如潜在的炭疽污染的信件或其他生物感染的物品。自消毒袋系统非常适合可能不含饮用水的环境，用于混合传统液体消毒剂，使其非常适合在现场、移动的诊所、农村地区或第三世界国家使用。 总之，自消毒袋系统是一次性的自含式微型消毒器，其仅需要少量的热量来启动一次性袋的内容物的消毒，同时颜色指示器告诉用户何时完成消毒循环。自消毒袋系统作为一种廉价的感染预防方法，有可能对全球健康产生重大影响。这种重量轻的一次性自给式消毒器的简单性、多功能性和低成本满足了发展中国家对便宜的消毒方法的真实的需求，而无需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.