Patent ID: 6797233
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
A sterilisation apparatus for medical instruments comprising a mini sterilisation apparatus, said mini sterilisation apparatus comprising a casing provided with a cylindrical double-walled sterilisation boiler having a cylindrical inner wall and a cylindrical outer wall, thereby forming an outer boiler between the inner and outer walls and an inner boiler within the inner wall, whereby water is present in the outer boiler such that a stable temperature of the inner wall can be achieved as well as steam generated therefrom, and a series of valves for providing a pulsating high vacuum in said inner boiler so as to pulsatingly feed steam into the inner boiler, said series of valves comprising a steam valve to provide steam from the outer boiler to the inner boiler and a vacuum valve connected to an ejector that comprises a cold water valve to provide a vacuum in the inner boiler, wherein the inner boiler has a volume of from about 10 to about 50 liters, and wherein the ejector is outside the inner and outer boilers.