Novel Bench Top Point of Use Low Temperature Sterilizer

描述（由申请人提供）：微创手术和诊断程序正在越来越频繁地进行。这是医学上的一个重要趋势，目前，超过50%的普通外科手术都是使用这些技术进行的。这些手术所需的大多数器械每天使用数次;因此，迫切需要在使用之间对这些敏感的医疗器械进行快速、安全和具有成本效益的消毒和灭菌。Lynntech建议开发一种独特的气相过氧化氢方法，在单一单元操作中进行灭菌和无菌包装。灭菌后的器械/手术工具将在灭菌周期后立即自动真空包装，从而防止在运输过程中直接接触人体和再次污染的可能性。气相灭菌系统将被设计成集成到任何医疗或牙科环境中，而无需进行设施翻新。最终设想的系统将完全自动化，以监测和控制每个灭菌周期的所有过程参数，从而便于使用并消除操作员错误的可能性。资本成本将是最小的，因为不需要专门的硬件，如废物处理系统，并且包括真空系统在内的所有单独组件都是现成的。这些因素的组合将有助于成本有效、低维护、易于使用的灭菌系统。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Minimally invasive surgical and diagnostic procedures are being performed with increasing frequency. It is an important trend in medicine, and currently, over 50% of all general surgical procedures are performed using these techniques. Most of the instruments required for these procedures are used several times daily; therefore, a pressing need exists for rapid, safe, and cost-effective disinfection and sterilization of these sensitive medical instruments between uses. Lynntech proposes to develop a unique vapor phase hydrogen peroxide method offering sterilization and sterile packing performed in a single unit operation. The sterilized device/instruments will be automatically vacuum packed immediately following the sterilization cycle, thus preventing direct human contact and chances of recontamination during transport. The vapor phase sterilization system will be designed to integrate into any medical or dental environment without the need for facility renovations. The final envisaged system will be completely automated to monitor and control all process parameters during each sterilization cycle, thus allowing ease of use and eliminating the likelihood for operator error. The capital cost will be minimal, as there is no need for specialized hardware, such as a waste handling system, and all of the individual components including the vacuum system are readily available. The combination of these factors will contribute to a cost effective, low maintenance, easy to use sterilization system.