ETHYLENE OXIDE STERILIZATION SYSTEMS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES

The ethylene oxide sterilization has been widely used for many years by Medical Devices industry. It remains the safest sterilization method and associated/ derivated products one of the safest (most safe and universal) to sterilize any type of medical devices even when they are integrated into surgical "custom packs".

Ethylene oxide sterilization technology offers many advantages:

• It answers the majority of the cases of sterilisation with low temperature with all the components, packaging, mix-products
• It reachs high level of sterility, therefore complying with the pharmacopoeia and the current EU/ FDA standards
• It allows sterilization of finished products in their final packaging packed in boxes on pallets
• It ensures a very strong penetration for an efficiency in the heart of the product
• It does not create inferred effects (colouring, embrittlement) which reduce the life time of the sterilized product
• It enables multiple sterilization (after validation of the packaging resistance and the desorption impact)