Patent ID: 11890388
Assignee: SARAYA CO., LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A sterilization device comprising:
a sterilization gas supply means having a sterilant spray nozzle;
a vaporization unit;
a sterilization chamber; and
a vacuum device introducing a vacuum into the sterilization chamber;
(a) the sterilization gas supply means comprising:
a container having a container body including an upper opening and an upper lid closing the upper opening of the container body, the container body and the upper lid defining a vaporization chamber inside the container;
a partition wall extending upward from a bottom wall of the container body toward the upper lid to divide the vaporization chamber into a first room and a second room and form a first passage made of a gap defined between the partition wall and the upper lid, the first passage communicating between the first room and the second room;
a table positioned in the first room, wherein an upper surface of the table is sloped, and a liquid reservoir is formed in the first room beside the table; and
a second passage communicating between the second room and the sterilization chamber;

(b) the sterilization gas supply means having a sterilant spray nozzle coupled to a portion of the upper lid defining a part of the first room and faced toward the table such that a sterilant from the sterilant spray nozzle is sprayed toward the table, causing liquid components contained in the sterilant to collide with the table and then flow down into the liquid reservoir to be collected in the liquid reservoir while a vaporized component contained in the sterilant is guided, by means of the vacuum, from the first room through the first passage, the second room and the second passage into the sterilization chamber, the liquid reservoir being configured to prevent the collected liquid components from flowing into the second room by gravity.