Patent ID: 9039990
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. A ventilator autoclave comprising a chamber with a space for receiving goods to be sterilized, at least one fan arrangement for circulating steam and/or air in said chamber, and at least one first heat exchanger arrangement for cooling and/or heating said steam and/or air, wherein said at least one fan arrangement is arranged and configured to circulate said steam and/or air in said chamber, wherein said chamber is configured such that said steam and/or air that is circulated in said chamber follows a flow path passing at least a part of said at least one first heat exchanger arrangement before reaching said goods to be sterilized wherein said ventilator autoclave further comprises at least one second heat exchanger arrangement that is provided upstream of said at least one first heat exchanger arrangement in said flow path, and wherein said at least one second heat exchanger arrangement is provided at such a distance from the periphery of said at least one fan arrangement that said flow of steam and/or air being circulated by said at least one fan arrangement has a tangential velocity component, as seen in relation to the at least one fan arrangement, when it passes said at least one second heat exchanger arrangement.