Patent ID: 8038939

Claim:
A disinfecting system for using solution to disinfect an object, said disinfecting system comprising: a cup configured to retain the solution therein; a catalyst assembly, wherein the system is configured to move at least one piece of the catalyst assembly relative to at least one other piece of the catalyst assembly in response to pressure in the system, thereby providing that the effective surface area of the catalyst assembly which is exposed to the solution increases during disinfection of the object within the cup, wherein the catalyst assembly comprises a first catalyst member and a second catalyst member, further comprising an actuating rod which engages at least one of the first catalyst member and the second catalyst member, a stem which engages at least one of the first catalyst member and the second catalyst member, and wherein the actuating rod is moveable relative to the stem, thereby providing that one of the first catalyst member and second catalyst member is moveable relative to the other of the first catalyst member and second catalyst member.