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Thursday, December 3, 2009 General News
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Sterilization Technologies: The U.S. Market
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Details the North American sales of capital equipment to the sterilization industry in 2008, and forecasts the market's compound annual growth rate for 2009-2014.
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Explains how the trends of value-added manufacturing and shorter hospital stays combined are holding capital equipment costs down and are leading to the use of more disposable than reusable items, and how this trend spells success for filtration sterilization.

Discusses how heat sterilization technologies are the tried-and-true methods and forecasts that purchases will rise markedly over the next five years.

Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION -- Complimentary

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY 1

STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 1

SCOPE OF REPORT 1

METHODOLOGIES AND INFORMATION SOURCES 2

ANALYST CREDENTIALS 2

RELATED BCC REPORTS 3

BCC ONLINE SERVICES 3

DISCLAIMER 3

Chapter-2: SUMMARY

MACROECONOMICS FOR STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES 4

FILTER STERILIZATION 5

HEAT STERILIZATION 5

CHEMICAL STERILIZATION 5

RADIATION STERILIZATION 5

SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 6

SUMMARY FIGURE U.S. MARKET FOR STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE, 2009-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 6

Chapter-3: OVERVIEW

CHAPTER THREE: OVERVIEW 7

STERILIZATION DEFINED 7

STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES 8

FIGURE 1 SHARE OF U.S. STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 8

FILTRATION STERILIZATION 9

FIGURE 2 SHARE OF U.S. FILTRATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 9

TABLE 1 U.S. FILTRATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 10

HEAT STERILIZATION 10

TABLE 2 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, BY PROCESS, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 10

Technologies 11

TABLE 3 U.S. STEAM HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 11

FIGURE 3 SHARE OF U.S. STEAM HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 12

Dry Heat Sterilization 12

CHEMICAL STERILIZATION 12

FIGURE 4 SHARE OF U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 13

TABLE 4 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 14

RADIATION STERILIZATION 14

FIGURE 5 SHARE OF U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 14

FIGURE 5 (CONTINUED) 15

TABLE 5 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 15

Gamma 15

Electron Beam 16

X-ray 16

CONTRACT STERILIZATION SERVICES 16

FIGURE 6 SHARE OF U.S. CONTRACT STERILIZATION SERVICES MARKET BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 17

STERILIZATION HALLMARKS 17

STERILITY VALIDATION 18

UNWANTED MICROBES 19

TABLE 6 PROBLEMS CAUSED BY MICROBES IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES 19

SPOILAGE 19

PATHOGENICITY 20

TABLE 7 ANNUAL U.S. ILLNESSES CAUSED BY SELECTED PATHOGENS, 2005* 20

PHYSICAL INTERFERENCE 20

CHEMICAL IMPURITY 21

STERILIZATION TECHNIQUES EVALUATION 21

TABLE 8 DECISION-MAKING CRITERIA FOR SYSTEM USE 21

PHYSICAL STATES OF MATTER 22

TABLE 9 STERILIZATION METHODS APPLIED TO PHYSICAL STATES 22

GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS 23

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 23

IRRADIATION REGULATION 24

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 24

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 25

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 26

AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE 26

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION 26

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDS 27

ADVANCEMENT FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION 27

Chapter-4: COMPETITION WITHIN THE U.S. STERILIZATION INDUSTRY

FIGURE 7 BASIC STERILIZATION INDUSTRY STRUCTURE 28

INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT 28

MARKET INFLUENCES 29

POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS 29

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 30

SINGLE-USE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN RELATION TO COST CONTAINMENT 31

MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT FOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS 31

INTERNATIONAL MARKET 31

FIGURE 8 SHARE OF GLOBAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY REGION, 2008 (%) 32

TABLE 10 GLOBAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET BY REGION, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 33

Canada 33

Europe 33

Asia 34

Others 34

Irradiation and the International Market 35

IMPORTANT STRATEGIES 35

DRIVING FORCES 36

INDUSTRY LEADERS 36

FIGURE 9 DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS FOR U.S. STERILIZATION PRODUCTS 36

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 37

TABLE 11 TOP TWO OEMS IN STERILIZATION PRODUCTS, BY PROCESS 37

CONTRACT SERVICE PROVIDERS 37

FIGURE 10 U.S. CONTRACT SERVICE PROVIDERS MARKET SHARE, 2009 (%) 38

TABLE 12 SALES OF U.S. CONTRACT SERVICE PROVIDERS, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 39

REPROCESSORS 39

TABLE 13 MARKET FOR U.S. REPROCESSOR SERVICES, 2009 ($ MILLIONS) 39

CONSUMABLES SUPPLIERS 40

ETHYLENE OXIDE USAGE 40

RESELLERS 40

Chapter-5: STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGY

CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 41

TABLE 14 U.S. STERILIZATION CAPITAL EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 41

FIGURE 11 PERCENTAGE OF MARKET, BY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, 2009 (%) 42

LARGE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 42

TABLE 15 PROJECTED U.S. LARGE STERILIZATION CAPITAL EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 43

SMALL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT 43

TABLE 16 PROJECTED U.S. SMALL STERILIZATION CAPITAL EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 43

CONTRACT SERVICES 44

MARKET VALUE 44

TABLE 17 U.S. CONTRACT STERILIZATION SERVICES MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 44

FIGURE 12 PERCENT OF MARKET FOR CONTRACT STERILIZATION SERVICES, BY TYPE, 2009 (%) 45

GAMMA IRRADIATION 46

E-BEAM IRRADIATION 46

X-RAY IRRADIATION 47

IN-HOUSE STERILIZATION 47

TREATMENT MODALITIES 48

TABLE 18 U.S. STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TREATMENT MODALITY, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLION) 48

TABLE 19 U.S. TERMINAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 49

ASEPTIC PROCESSING 50

TABLE 20 U.S. ASEPTIC PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 50

END USES 51

TABLE 21 MAJOR U.S. STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY SECTORS, BY PROCESS 51

TABLE 22 U.S. STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY END USE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 52

POINT-OF-USE MARKET 52

TABLE 23 U.S. POINT-OF-USE STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 52

MARKET DRIVERS 53

MEDICAL DEVICE REUSE 53

THIRD-PARTY REPROCESSORS 53

TABLE 24 U.S. THIRD-PARTY REPROCESSING MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 54

IN-HOUSE REPROCESSING 54

APPLICATION LIMITATIONS 55

MANUFACTURING MARKET 55

TABLE 25 U.S. STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING MARKET, BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 56

TABLE 26 U.S. STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING MARKET VALUE BY INDUSTRY SECTOR, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 56

MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL 56

TABLE 27 U.S. MEDICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 57

FOOD/BEVERAGE 58

TABLE 28 U.S. FOOD/BEVERAGE STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 58

OTHER INDUSTRIES 58

TABLE 29 U.S. OTHER INDUSTRIES STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 59

Chapter-6: FILTRATION STERILIZATION

GLOBAL DRIVERS 60

MARKET VALUE 60

TABLE 30 U.S. STERILE FILTERS MARKET VALUE BY PROCESS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 61

FIGURE 13 U.S. STERILE FILTERS MARKET, BY PROCESS, 2009-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 61

LIQUID FILTRATION STERILIZATION 62

MARKET VALUE 62

TABLE 31 U.S. STERILE LIQUID FILTERS MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 62

FIGURE 14 U.S. STERILE LIQUID FILTERS MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, 2009-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 63

BATCH-TYPE STERILIZING FILTERS 63

Applications for Batch Filters 64

Market Value 64

TABLE 32 U.S. STERILE BATCH LIQUID FILTERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 64

IN-LINE FILTERS 64

MARKET VALUE 64

TABLE 33 U.S. STERILE IN-LINE LIQUID FILTERS MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 65

WATER FILTERS 65

MARKET VALUE 65

TABLE 34 U.S. STERILE WATER FILTERS MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 66

SYRINGE FILTERS 66

MARKET VALUE 66

TABLE 35 U.S. STERILE SYRINGE FILTERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 67

INTRAVENOUS FILTERS 67

MARKET VALUE 67

TABLE 36 U.S. STERILE IV FILTERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 68

GAS FILTER STERILIZATION 68

MARKET VALUE 68

TABLE 37 U.S. STERILE GAS FILTERS MARKET VALUE BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 69

FIGURE 15 U.S. STERILE GAS FILTERS MARKET VALUE, BY TYPE, 2009-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 69

COMPRESSED GAS FILTERS 70

Market Value 70

TABLE 38 U.S. STERILE COMPRESSED GAS FILTERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 70

MEDICAL GAS FILTERS 71

Market Value 71

TABLE 39 U.S. STERILE MEDICAL GAS FILTERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 71

VENT FILTERS 72

Market Value 72

TABLE 40 U.S. STERILE VENT FILTERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 72

END USES 72

TABLE 41 U.S. STERILE FILTERS MARKET VALUE BY END USE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 73

FIGURE 16 STERILE FILTER MARKET, BY END USE, 2009-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 73

POINT-OF-USE STERILIZATION 73

Market Value 74

TABLE 42 U.S. STERILE FILTERS FOR POINT-OF-USE MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 74

MANUFACTURING 74

Market Value 75

TABLE 43 U.S. STERILE FILTERS FOR MANUFACTURING MARKET VALUE, BY INDUSTRY SECTOR, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 75

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL 75

Biotechnology and Filters 75

In-line Pharmaceutical Filters 76

Vaccine Development Enhances Filter Uses 76

Market Value 76

TABLE 44 U.S. STERILE FILTERS FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 77

FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROCESSING 77

Market Value 77

TABLE 45 U.S. STERILE FILTERS MARKET VALUE FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGES, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 77

OTHER INDUSTRIES 78

Market Value 78

TABLE 46 U.S. STERILE FILTERS FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 78

FILTER STERILIZATION SUPPLIERS 78

TABLE 47 SELECTED U.S. STERILE FILTERS SUPPLIERS 79

Chapter-7: HEAT STERILIZATION

TABLE 48 ANTIMICROBIAL TEMPERATURE RANGES 80

TABLE 49 SELECTED PLASTIC MATERIALS THAT RESPOND TO STEAM STERILIZATION 81

MARKET VALUE 81

TABLE 50 U.S. STEAM STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 82

STERILIZATION PROCESSES 82

MARKET DRIVERS 82

TABLE 51 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY PROCESS, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 83

FIGURE 17 HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY PROCESS, 2009 (%) 83

FIGURE 17 (CONTINUED) 84

AUTOCLAVING 84

Market Value 84

TABLE 52 U.S. AUTOCLAVING EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 85

DISTILLATION 85

Vapor Distillation 86

Single-Stage Distillation 86

Market Value 87

TABLE 53 U.S. DISTILLATION EQUIPMENT MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 87

PASTEURIZATION 87

Market Value 88

TABLE 54 U.S. PASTEURIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 89

RETORTING 89

Batch Retorts 89

Market Value 89

TABLE 55 U.S. RETORTING EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 90

OTHER STEAM STERILIZERS 90

Hot-fill Equipment 90

Steam Injectors 90

Low-temperature Steam and Formaldehyde 90

Market Value 91

TABLE 56 U.S. MARKET FOR OTHER STEAM STERILIZER EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 91

DRY HEAT STERILIZATION 91

Dry Heat Sterilization Applications 91

Dry Heat Equipment Excluded from This Report 92

Market Value 92

TABLE 57 U.S. DRY HEAT STERILIZATION MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 93

END USES 93

TABLE 58 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET BY END USE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 93

POINT OF USE 94

Market Value 94

TABLE 59 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR POINT-OF-USE MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 94

MANUFACTURING 94

Market Value 95

TABLE 60 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING MARKET VALUE BY INDUSTRY SECTOR, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 95

FIGURE 18 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION MANUFACTURING SECTOR VALUE, 2009-2014 ($ MILLIONS) 95

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING 96

Market Value 96

TABLE 61 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 97

FOOD AND BEVERAGE PROCESSING 97

Market Value 97

TABLE 62 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGES MANUFACTURING MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 98

OTHER INDUSTRIES 98

Market Value 98

TABLE 63 U.S. HEAT STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 99

HEAT STERILIZATION OEMS 99

TABLE 64 SELECTED U.S. HEAT STERILIZER SUPPLIERS 99

TABLE 64 (CONTINUED) 100

MAJOR PLAYERS 100

Chapter-8: CHEMICAL STERILIZATION

OVERALL MARKET VALUE 101

TABLE 65 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 102

ETHYLENE OXIDE 102

MARKET VALUE 103

TABLE 66 U.S. MARKET FOR ETHYLENE OXIDE STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 103

MAJOR PLAYERS 103

OTHER CHEMICAL STERILIZERS 104

TABLE 67 U.S. OTHER CHEMICAL STERILIZERS MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 104

PERACETIC ACID 104

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 104

OZONE 105

CHLORINE DIOXIDE 106

END USES 106

TABLE 68 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY END USE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 106

POINT OF USE 107

Market Value 107

TABLE 69 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT POINT-OF-USE MARKET VALUE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 107

MANUFACTURING 108

Market Value 108

TABLE 70 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 108

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING 109

Medical Manufacturing 109

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing 109

Market Value 109

TABLE 71 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 110

FOOD, BEVERAGE, NUTRACEUTICAL, SPICE, BOTANICAL PROCESSING, AND OTHER PRODUCTS 110

Market Value 110

TABLE 72 U.S. CHEMICAL STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR FOODS, BEVERAGES, AND OTHER CONSUMABLES MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 111

OEM SUPPLIERS 111

TABLE 73 SELECTED CHEMICAL STERILIZER OEMS 111

CONTRACT STERILIZATION SUPPLIERS 111

TABLE 74 SELECTED CONTRACT ETO SERVICES PROVIDERS 112

Chapter-9: RADIATION STERILIZATION

OVERALL MARKET VALUE 113

MARKET CONDITIONS 113

TABLE 75 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 114

GAMMA RADIATION 114

MARKET VALUE 115

Batch and Continuous Radiation Plants 115

TABLE 76 U.S. GAMMA STERILIZERS MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 115

ELECTRON-BEAM RADIATION 116

MARKET VALUE 116

TABLE 77 U.S. ELECTRON BEAM STERILIZERS MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 117

X-RAY RADIATION 117

MARKET VALUE 117

TABLE 78 U.S. X-RAY STERILIZERS MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 118

END USES 118

TABLE 79 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MARKET, BY END USE, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 118

POINT OF USE 118

Market Value 119

TABLE 80 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR POINT-OF-USE MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 119

MANUFACTURING 119

Market Value 119

TABLE 81 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING MARKET, BY INDUSTRY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 120

MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL 120

Market Value 120

TABLE 82 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 121

FOOD AND BEVERAGE 121

Market Value 122

TABLE 83 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGES MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 122

OTHER INDUSTRIES 122

TABLE 84 SELECTED IRRADIATED CONSUMER PRODUCTS 123

Market Value 124

TABLE 85 U.S. RADIATION STERILIZATION EQUIPMENT FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES MARKET, THROUGH 2014 ($ MILLIONS) 124

RADIATION STERILIZERS OEMS 124

CONTRACT RADIATION STERILIZATION PROVIDERS 124

TABLE 86 SELECTED U.S. CONTRACT RADIATION STERILIZATION PROVIDERS 125

Chapter-10: EMERGING STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES AND PATENTS

NITROGEN DIOXIDE 126

MODE OF ACTION 126

ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE 127

END USES 127

SUPPLIERS 128

ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE 128

END USES 129

SUPPLIERS 130

PULSED ELECTRICAL FIELD 130

END USES 130

SUPPLIERS 130

MICROWAVE ENERGY 131

END USES 131

SUPPLIERS 131

PHOTOCATALYSIS 132

END USES 132

SUPPLIERS 132

ULTRASOUND 132

END USES 133

SUPPLIERS 133

PATENTS 133

PATENTS ISSUED 134

U.S. Patent 7,578,969 134

Patent: 7,575,716 134

Patent: 7,569,559 134

Patent: 7,569,180 135

Patent: 7,531,080 135

Patent: 7,435,440 135

Patent: 7,401,546 136

Patent: 7,267,806 136

Patent: 7,211,229 137

Patent: 7,186,430 137

Patent: 7,186,374 137

Patent: 7,108,832 138

Patent: 7,038,219 138

Patent: 6,967,002 138

Patent: 6,900,421 139

Patent: 6,884,392 139

Patent: 6,863,864 140

Chapter-11: COMPANY PROFILES

MANUFACTURERS 141

3M HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL DIVISION 141

ADVANCED STERILIZATION PRODUCTS 142

ALFA MEDICAL 142

ALLPAX PRODUCTS, INC. 143

ANDERSEN PRODUCTS, INC. 143

API HEAT TRANSFER, INC. 144

APV 144

AVURE TECHNOLOGY 144

BARNSTEAD INTERNATIONAL (THERMOFISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC) 145

BARRY-WEHMILLER CO. 145

BEC LABORATORY, INC. 146

BETA STAR CORP. (R-V INDUSTRIES) 146

BELIMED 146

CENTURION STERILIZATION SERVICES 147

CANTEL MEDICAL CORPORATION 147

CONSOLIDATED STILLS AND STERILIZERS 148

CUNO, INC. 148

DESPATCH INDUSTRIES 148

DIXIE CANNER EQUIPMENT CO. 149

DOMNICK HUNTER 149

DONALDSON CO., INC. 149

ETHOX INTERNATIONAL 150

FELDMEIER EQUIPMENT CO. 150

FOOD TECHNOLOGY SERVICE, INC. 150

GE WATER AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY 151

GETINGE USA, INC. 151

GOODNATURE PRODUCTS, INC. 152

GRAY STAR, INC. 152

HEREEMA CO. 152

HYDRO SERVICE AND SUPPLIES, INC. 153

JBT FOOD TECH (FORMERLY FMC TECHNOLOGIES-FOODTECH) 153

KIMBERLY CLARK 153

LYDON OVEN CO. 154

MALO, INC. 154

MDS NORDION 155

MEISSNER FILTRATION PRODUCTS 155

MICROTHERMICS, INC. 155

MILLIPORE CORP. 156

OZONE SAFE FOOD, INC. 156

PALL CORP. 157

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP. 157

PRIMUS STERILIZER CO., INC. 158

PURICORE 158

RAD SOURCES TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 158

RDI-IBA (ION BEAM APPLICATIONS S.A.) 159

SARTORIUS CORP. 159

SCICAN 160

SELECTIVE MICRO TECHNOLOGIES 160

STERIGENICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. 161

STERILE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 161

STERIS CORP. 161

TSO3 163

TUTTNAUER USA CO., LTD. 163

VACUDYNE, INC. 163

WHATMAN, INC. 164

ZANDER, INC. 164

REPROCESSORS 164

ASCENT HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS 164

BEAM ONE LLC 165

E-BEAM SERVICES, INC. 165

MEDISISS 165

STERILMED, INC. 166

VANGUARD MEDICAL CONCEPTS, INC. (SEE ASCENT HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS) 166

APPENDIX 167

MATERIAL COMPATIBILITIES WITH STERILIZATION METHODS 167

TABLE 87 MATERIAL COMPATIBILITIES WITH STERILIZATION METHODS 167

TABLE 87 (CONTINUED) 168

CDC STERILIZATION OR DISINFECTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 168

CDC STERILIZATION OR DISINFECTION...169

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