Patent ID: 6858181
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. A cleaning and sterilization method for medical devices after use comprising the steps of: performing a pre-cleaning process on a medical device to be introduced into a human body, for removing a physical substance such as blood, mucus or tiny pieces of tissue that are attached to the exterior of said medical device and are inside a duct or a hollow portion thereof; immersing said pre-cleaned medical device in a chlorine dioxide solution formed by an ultraviolet light being irradiated in a stabilized chlorine dioxide solution to liberate a chlorine gas having a sterilization effect and/or by adding an acid product, and passing said chlorine dioxide solution through said duct or said hollow portion; placing said processed medical device in a chlorine dioxide gas atmosphere formed by an ultraviolet light being irradiated in a stabilized chlorine dioxide gel in order to accelerate transpiring of said chlorine dioxide gas from said stabilized chlorine dioxide gel and/or by adding an acid product to the stabilized chlorine dioxide gel, and/or passing said chlorine dioxide gas through said duct or said hollow portion, so that the exterior of said medical device and the interiors of said duct and said hollow portion are deodorized, disinfected and sterilized.