Patent ID: 9072805
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for decontaminating a region within an enclosure, said apparatus comprising: a conduit having a passageway therethrough, said passageway defining a path for a carrier gas, said conduit having a first end and a second end, each of said ends being connectable to an enclosure to define a closed-loop path that includes a region of said enclosure; a blower attached to said conduit for re-circulating a carrier gas into, through and out of said region of said enclosure; a nozzle for injecting a sterilant into said conduit; a space or gap defined in said conduit; a plurality of tubular chambers, each of said chamber having an opening therethrough and each of said chamber being selectively movable into and out of said gap, an opening in a chamber being aligned with said passageway in said conduit when said chamber is disposed in said gap, wherein said opening in said chamber is aligned with said passageway in said conduit; a heating element disposed in one of said tubular chambers operable to heat said carrier gas flowing therethrough; a destroyer disposed in another of said tubular chambers operable to destroy sterilant in said carrier gas; and a controller for controlling movement of said tubular chambers into and out of said gap and the operating of said heating element and said nozzle.