Article | REF: MED7700 V1

Dry cleaning of medical devices by supercritical CO2

Authors: Stéphane BREDEAU, Julie CHAPELAIN

Publication date: November 10, 2018, Review date: September 1, 2023

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4. Examples of applications on medical devices

4.1 Desensitization of implantable tissues

CO 2 SC technology is particularly interesting for medical devices, as it enables residue-free cleaning in cleanrooms and greatly reduces bioburden (by 2 to 3 log), a level of quality still unrivalled on the market. Its low-temperature operation (between 35 and 50°C) preserves polymers and therefore does not lead to changes in their mechanical properties. A single CO 2 treatment sometimes replaces several successive washing operations, and can cut cleaning time by up to 10 (2 to 3 h vs. 24 h for a diethyl ether Soxhlet process). On implantable textiles (knitted, woven), tests carried out on various polymers (PP, PLLA, PET, PE) validated the removal...

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