METHOD OF STERILIZING SUTURAL MATERIALS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING SAME Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: essence of this method of sterilizing sutural materials resides in treating materials by ionizing radiation with dose of 4 to 10 kg in temperature range between 66 and 80 C during 15 to 120 min. Sterilizing apparatus includes housing which has charging ports, revolvable protective assemblies having enclosures that house chambers to accommodate materials to be sterilized, and shielded irradiators. Charging ports are located asymmetrically relative to longitudinal axis of housing, irradiator are misaligned relative to longitudinal axis of housing and shifted in opposition to ports, enclosures housing chambers disposed in revolvable protective assemblies are misaligned with respect to axes of protective assemblies in such manner that enclosures are located in working position opposite irradiators and opposite charging ports in charging position. EFFECT: higher degree of sterilization. 7 cl, 1 dwg