US Patent Issued to IDEATE Medical on June 3 for "Apparatus and method for sterilization of an article" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,500, issued on June 3, was assigned to IDEATE Medical Inc. (Saint-Laurent, Canada).

"Apparatus and method for sterilization of an article" was invented by Philippe Conseil (Roxboro, Canada) and Florencia Chicatun (Saint-Laurent, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for sterilization of an article which has a first open end, a second open end and a lumen extending therebetween. The apparatus comprises a first chamber for receiving the article. The first chamber has an outlet fluidly connectable to a pump for adjusting an internal pressure in the first chamber; and an inlet fluidly connectable to a sterilant sou...