Patent ID: 6517775
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A23L,A61L

Abstract:
A sterilant monitoring assembly comprising:an external housing defining an inlet and an outlet, the external housing further defining an internal flow path therethrough for sterilant flow between the inlet and the outlet; an internal housing located within the external housing, the internal housing defining an interior sensor chamber therein, the internal housing including a valve arrangement to join the interior sensor chamber selectively in fluid communication with the internal flow path of the external housing, the valve arrangement capable of being operated between an open position and a closed position, the open position allowing sterilant to flow from the internal flow path to the interior sensor chamber, the closed position precluding the sterilant from flowing from the internal flow path to the interior sensor chamber; and a sterilant sensor positioned to provide output signals corresponding to detected levels of sterilant within the interior sensor chamber.