Patent ID: 9333275
Filing Date: 2016-05-10
CPC Classification: A61L

Claim Text:
1. Sterilization apparatus including: a sterilization chamber; detent means to maintain an article to be sterilized at a predetermined position in the chamber; and a manifold for introducing a sterilant aerosol to the sterilization chamber for the disinfection of an article, the manifold defining the terminal portion of a fluid pathway from an aerosol generator to the sterilization chamber, the manifold defining, a manifold plane, said manifold comprising at least one chamber inlet port directed away from the manifold plane for introducing aerosol into the sterilizing chamber and being configured to provide directional aerosol flow tangential to at least part of the surface of the article; wherein the manifold is configured to provide direction aerosol flow such that the article does not receive a direct flow of aerosol from the manifold.