IP Library Granted Patent US 8,815,173
Granted Patent B2
US 8,815,173 · App. 13/101,408 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Decontamination method and system implementing it

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Patent No.
US 8,815,173
App. No.
13/101,408
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The method of microbiological decontamination of a machine comprising an enclosure ( 5, 100 ) for treating a support ( 6 ) and a conveyor comprising a shuttle ( 30 ), comprises the steps of obtaining a container ( 6 ) adapted to be received on said shuttle ( 30 ) and to diffuse biocidal agent in said enclosure ( 5, 100 ), of placing said container ( 6 ) on said shuttle ( 30 ), of moving said shuttle ( 30 ) within said enclosure, and of evacuating said agent. The microbiological analysis system comprises a container ( 6 ), a microbiological analysis machine comprising at least two stations ( 2, 3, 4 ) for treatment of said support ( 6 ), a conveyor comprising a shuttle ( 30 ) adapted to receive and to move said support ( 6 ), said container ( 6 ) being adapted to be received on said shuttle ( 30 ), as well as means ( 150, 156, 159 ) for evacuating said biocidal agent.

Claims (7)

1. System for microbiological analysis of a support comprising:

a container comprising a support and containing a biocidal agent;

a machine for microbiological analysis comprising a treatment enclosure in which said support is received, at least two stations for treating said support, a conveyor comprising a shuttle which receives and moves said support, between said stations while said biocidal agent diffuses in said enclosure, as well as a pneumatic circuit comprising a turbine and a valve for evacuating said biocidal agent.

2. A system according to claim 1 , further comprising a precursor agent of said biocidal agent in said container to activate to diffuse said biocidal agent, said machine also comprising means for activating said precursor agent.

3. A system according to claim 2 wherein said activating means comprise a station for heating said container.

4. A system according to claim 3 wherein the heating station comprises a microwave cavity and a magnetron.

5. A system according to claim 1 , wherein said conveyor comprises a conveyor duct, and wherein said pneumatic circuit is in fluid communication with said duct.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2012
From: MILLIPORE CORPORATION
To: EMD MILLIPORE CORPORATION
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