EP1570866A3

Method of delivering liquid sterilant to a sterilizer

Abstract

A method of delivering a liquid sterilant to a sterilizer involves piercing a cell of a cassette with a first needle having a first lumen, flowing a gas into the cell to pressurize the cell relative to a pressure within the first lumen and drive the liquid sterilant out of the cell through the first lumen. The liquid sterilant travels from the lumen to a vaporizer in the sterilizer.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
EP0292880A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1
EP1121942A2	Cites	European Patent Office (EPO)	A	Search report	1
US6364103B1	Cites	United States of America	X	Search report	1-3,5,7,9-11
WO9600092A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A	Search report	–

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793455	United States of America	–	2004-03-04
79345504	United States of America	A	2004-03-04

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CA2499417A1	Canada	A1	2005-09-04
CN1663619A	China	A	2005-09-07
EP1570866A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-09-07
US2005196313A1	United States of America	A1	2005-09-08
TW200529895A	Taiwan Province of China	A	2005-09-16
AU2005200585A1	Australia	A1	2005-09-22
EP1570866A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2005-11-16
BRPI0500702A	Brazil	A	2006-04-04
MXPA05002450A	Mexico	A	2006-04-06
KR20060043266A	Republic of Korea	A	2006-05-15
RU2005106080A	Russian Federation	A	2006-08-10
ZA200501850B	South Africa	B	2006-12-27
AR054655A1	Argentina	A1	2007-07-11
CN100574814C	China	C	2009-12-30
RU2381815C2	Russian Federation	C2	2010-02-20
AU2005200585B2	Australia	B2	2011-08-25
EP1570866B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2011-12-14
AT536890T	Austria	T	2011-12-15
ATE536890T1	Austria	T1	2011-12-15
ES2376240T3	Spain	T3	2012-03-12
PL1570866T3	Poland	T3	2012-05-31
KR101166744B1	Republic of Korea	B1	2012-07-23
US8440139B2	United States of America	B2	2013-05-14
CA2499417C	Canada	C	2013-09-10
BRPI0500702B1	Brazil	B1	2015-06-23
BRPI0500702B8	Brazil	B8	2021-06-22

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2025-04-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2025-03-26	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2024-04-30	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
2023-12-20	Opt-out of the competence of the unified patent court (upc) registeredP01	P01	EP
2023-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2020-12-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-11-04	Lapsed because of non-payment of the annual feeLapsedMM	MM	NL
2020-10-01	Application deemed withdrawn, or ip right lapsed, due to non-payment of renewal feeWithdrawnR119	R119	DE
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2013-01-10	No opposition filed against granted patent, or epo opposition proceedings concluded without decisionGrantedR097	R097	DE
2013-01-02	Patent lapsedLapsedMM4A	MM4A	IE
2012-11-21	No opposition filedOpposition26N	26N	EP
2012-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2012-10-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2012-05-31	Translation of ep patentT3	T3	PL
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Method of delivering liquid sterilant to a sterilizer

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