Patent ID: 6299837
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A61L,C12M

Abstract:
A procedure for disinfecting a gassing incubator having an inside space, the procedure comprising:(a) positioning a free standing pool of water within the inside space of the gassing incubator;(b) sealing the inside space so as to be substantially closed to the surrounding atmosphere;(c) heating the atmosphere within the inside space to a disinfecting temperature;(d) heating the free standing pool of water within the inside space to a temperature sufficient to produce a relative humidity of at least about 80% within the inside space;(e) maintaining the disinfecting temperature and the relative humidity of at least about 80% within the inside space for a sufficient period of time to produce disinfecting; and(f) substantially maintaining the disinfecting temperature within the atmosphere of the inside space while cooling the free standing pool of water within the inside space so that the relative humidity within the inside space is decreased.