Method of packaging a medical article

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B65B 55/18 (2006.01) B65B 31/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2200779

A method for sterilizing an article supported in a housing is provided. The method includes placing an article in a housing, introducing pressurized steam and a sterilizing gas into the housing and closing the housing. The sterilizing gas may be mixture of ethylene oxide/carbon dioxide or ethylene oxide/nitrogen. The percent by volume of ethylene oxide in the housing at the conclusion of the sterilizing gas introducing step may range from at least about 2 % to about 25 % by volume. The present invention is particularly well suited for use with a form-fill-seal process.

L'invention concerne un procédé de stérilisation d'un article disposé dans une enceinte. Le procédé consiste à mettre un article dans une enceinte, dans laquelle on introduit de la vapeur sous pression ainsi qu'un gaz stérilisant et à fermer l'enceinte. Le gaz stérilisant, peut être constitué d'un mélange d'oxyde d'éthylène et de dioxyde de carbone ou bien d'oxyde d'éthylène et d'azote. Le pourcentage en volume d'oxyde d'éthylène présent dans l'enceinte à la fin de la phase d'introduction de gaz stérilisant peut varier entre 2 % au moins et environ 25 % en volume. La présente invention est applicable notamment aux systèmes de conditionnement par formage-remplissage-scellage.

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