US Patent Issued to HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS on Nov. 4 for "Isolator and method for sterilizing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,140, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HITACHI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Isolator and method for sterilizing same" was invented by Takeshi Kaneko (Tainai, Japan) and Takeshi Matsumura (Tainai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an isolator that is capable of improving work efficiency by shortening a sterilization time, and that is capable of securing a sterility assurance level. An isolator, in which a circulation fan above a work room supplies clean air to the work room via a HEPA filter, includes: the work room; a front door provided in a front surface of the work room; a glove provided in t...