US 12,268,794 B2
Systems and methods for decontamination of patient care equipment and interior spaces
Jon Eastep, Baltimore, OH (US); William Richter, Hilliard, OH (US); Kevin Yugulis, Columbus, OH (US); and Ryan Kaufman, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/211,572.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,000, filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,361, filed on May 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/016,928, filed on Apr. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/012,861, filed on Apr. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/001,313, filed on Mar. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0346552 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 9/03 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/208 (2013.01) [A61L 2/28 (2013.01); A61L 9/032 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); A61L 2209/211 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for decontamination of patient care equipment, the system comprising:
a portable enclosure;
a blower;
a rack configuration disposed in the portable enclosure for supporting patient care equipment, the rack configuration including at least one rack comprising a duct having top and bottom surfaces and an open end for receiving pressurized air from the blower, at least one of the top and bottom surfaces having at least one opening therein for directing the pressurized air toward the patient care equipment;
a partition in the portable enclosure to define a decontamination chamber and an anteroom, the anteroom including controls to start a decontamination cycle, and the partition being sealed to prevent a decontaminant from entering the anteroom from the decontamination chamber;
a sealable decontaminant chamber entry door in the partition for allowing access to the decontaminant chamber from the anteroom;
a sealable anteroom entry door for allowing access to the anteroom from an exterior of the portable enclosure, the sealable decontaminant chamber entry door and the sealable anteroom entry door being configured to seal the anteroom from the decontamination chamber and the exterior of the portable enclosure to establish the anteroom as a sealed airlock;
a decontaminant distributor comprising piping disposed in the interior of the decontamination chamber but not in the anteroom for distributing the decontaminant in the decontamination chamber and not in the anteroom; and
a decontaminant generator system, the decontaminant generator system comprising a decontaminant generator for providing the decontaminant to the decontaminant distributor, the decontaminant generator removably coupled to the decontaminant distributor at an exterior of the portable enclosure for allowing the decontaminant generator to be removed and connected to another decontaminant distributor associated with another system for decontamination of patient care equipment.