US 12,226,542 B2
Apparatus and method for detecting improper positioning of removable component of sterilizing system
Doug Vo Truong, Irvine, CA (US); and Lawrence Y. Mok, Hacienda Heights, CA (US)
Assigned to ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH, (CH)
Filed by ASP Global Manufacturing GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,998.
Application 16/666,454 is a division of application No. 15/356,724, filed on Nov. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,500,297, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 18/208,998 is a continuation of application No. 16/666,454, filed on Oct. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,712,491.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398252 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); B08B 3/00 (2006.01); G07F 11/72 (2006.01); A61L 2/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/24 (2013.01) [A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 2/20 (2013.01); A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61L 2/28 (2013.01); A61L 2/04 (2013.01); A61L 2/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/121 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/15 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilization method comprising:
(a) disposing a medical device in a sterilization chamber;
(b) transferring a sterilant fluid from a cartridge to the sterilization chamber by receiving the cartridge within a carriage body; and
(c) moving a translating flag from a first position to a second position relative to the carriage body in response to the carriage body receiving the cartridge.