US 12,357,717 B2
Sterilization systems and methods
Ralph M. Sias, Oceanside, CA (US); Bradley H. Buchanan, Eastsound, WA (US); and Therese M. Stewart, Wellington, FL (US)
Assigned to Sterile Solutions International, Inc., Wellington, FL (US)
Filed by Ralph M. Sias, Oceanside, CA (US); Bradley H. Buchanan, Eastsound, WA (US); and Therese M. Stewart, Wellington, FL (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,443.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/207,770, filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378962 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/208 (2013.01) [A61L 2/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilization system for sterilizing an article, the sterilization system comprising:
a hydrogen peroxide generation system configured to generate hydrogen peroxide;
a hydroxyl radical generation system configured to produce a flow of hydroxyl radicals that causes deterioration of the hydrogen peroxide to produce hydroxyl ions; and
a sterilization chamber configured to expose the article to the hydroxyl ions to sterilize the article;
wherein the sterilization chamber is separate from the hydroxyl radical generation system.