The Armenian-Swiss AZAD Medical Devices company produces sterilizing devices that can be used in medical centers, laboratories, dental clinics, as well as in other domains where it is necessary to sterilize various materials, tools, and objects.

AZAD company's sterilizers work on the basis of ozone, and this is their main difference and main advantage compared to standard sterilizers, assures the director of the company, Tigran Harutyunyan. According to him, first, ozone-based sterilizers are more suitable in cases where it is necessary to sterilize tools or other objects made of materials for which high temperature and humidity are harmful. Second, the use of ozone enables deep sterilization, which is impossible in standard autoclaves. Third, this sterilization process is fully automated, and you just need to put the tools in the chamber and press the button; no manual operations are performed during the process, as, for example, in the case of autoclaves. And fourth, AZAD sterilizers consume less electricity and require less time for the sterilization process. They cost almost the same as ordinary autoclaves; but in the case of serial production, their price can be considerably reduced.

"Our sterilizers work according to the following scheme: first, a vacuum is created in the chamber, then ozone is pumped in from the air. Due to its high acidifying properties, ozone destroys microbes, germs, and spores. Since ozone quickly turns into oxygen, the device expels the contents of the chamber after some time. The device performs two phases of sterilization: superficial and deep. The superficial one takes 20 minutes, the deep one—40 minutes, repeating the process," says Tigran Harutyunyan.

He adds that AZAD company has been testing the devices for a year. Various spores are taken from the laboratory, various objects are infected with them, after which sterilization is carried out, and then these objects are examined in the laboratory, and the studies show that the spores have disappeared.

The company has already developed several test samples of different amounts and is ready to put them on the market. One of them was presented at the Health Service & Pharmacy EXPO, which was held in Armenia’s capital Yerevan last weekend. The entire range of this company can be found on the AZAD Medical Devices website.