Patent ID: 6528007
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: C08J

Abstract:
A process for producing rubber plugs, which are to be used with medical containers or medical devices, by forming a vulcanizable, mixed rubber compound and vulcanizing a resultant formed rubber compound, which comprises the following additional consecutive steps:1) treating said rubber plugs with steam of high temperature and high pressure; 2) treating said rubber plugs in an aqueous solution which has been adjusted to be acidic; 3) rinsing said rubber plugs with high-quality water, wherein said high-quality water is deionized water from which insoluble fine particles and bacteria have been removed via a filter having a pore size not greater than 0.2 &mgr;m; 4) washing said rubber plugs with a shower of dust- and germ-free water; and 5) drying said rubber plugs by at least one of far infrared radiation and high frequency heating.