Patent ID: 7906070

Claim:
A method for sterilizing an article comprising the steps of: providing an article to be sterilized; providing a sterilization wrap that comprises: a first panel of sterilization material; said first panel being rectangular; a second panel of sterilization material adjacent to and in register with said first panel; an additional panel; said additional panel adapted to receive the article to be sterilized; said additional panel being rectangular; said additional panel being bonded to said first panel; said additional panel being oriented on said first panel so as to form a diamond shape with respect to said first panel; said additional panel being foldable so that said additional panel contacts at least the bottom and sides of the article to be sterilized after wrapping, wherein said first and second panels are formed by a single folded sheet of sterilization material; said first panel has first, second, third and fourth edges; said additional panel has first, second, third and fourth corners; and exactly three edges of said first panel are bonded to exactly three corners of said additional panel, and wherein exactly three corners of said additional panel are bonded to respective edges of said first panel approximately at the mid-point of said edges; placing said article to be sterilized on said additional panel; wrapping said article to be sterilized with said sterilization wrap; and applying sterilant to the wrapped article.