US 7,481,973 B2
Composition and process for chemical and thermal disinfection
Wolfgang Beilfuss, Hamburg (Germany); Ralf Gradtke, Tornesch (Germany); Peter Goroncy-Bermes, Hamburg (Germany); Sabine Behrends, Pinneberg (Germany); and Michael Mohr, Kaltenkirchen (Germany)
Assigned to L'Air Liquide Sante International, Paris Cedex (France)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/825,266.
Claims priority of application No. 103 17 931 (DE), filed on Apr. 17, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0208782 A1, Oct. 21, 2004
Int. Cl. A61L 2/18 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 422—28  [422/33] 50 Claims
 
1. A method for disinfecting the surface of an article comprising:
contacting said surface for the time of about 5 to 15 minutes with a composition comprising an effective amount of 1-(2-ethyl-hexyl)glycerol ether to disinfect said surface at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 150° C. wherein,
said composition contacting said surface is not efective to disinfect said surface at 25° C. for said time,
said surface is inanimate.