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3-5, allée de la Seine Bâtiment Paryseine, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine
France
Telephone +33 1 49871800
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contact@germitec.com

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01 Electromedical Equipment / Medical Technology
01.10 Hygiene / sterilisation / disinfection
01.10.08 Ultraviolet disinfection equipment

Ultraviolet disinfection equipment

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Product category: Ultraviolet disinfection equipment
Photonic disinfection
Based on UV-C, Antigermix® is an high-tech platform that replaces photons with molecules. This innovation makes it possible to overcome the difficulties inherent in chemistry and thus to simplify as much as possible the life of the care providers.
Antigermix succeeds to three generations of disinfection methods: chemical soaking, multi-wipe systems, semi-automatic systems using hydrogen peroxide;

Antigermix® has low-pressure UV-C tubes which emit high-intensity radiation in the invisible wavelength known as ‘Ultraviolet Type C’ which has a biocidal peak at 254nm. The energy of the photons penetrates the cell walls of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, and spores) to be absorbed by DNA, RNA and the proteins which are then destroyed by four concurrent phenomena:

Photohydration: the water molecules are pushed into the DNA and prevent its transcription
Photosplitting: strands of DNA are split apart
Photodimerization: the DNA bases fuse inappropriately
Photocrosslinking: the cell walls are damaged and this causes cell lysis (breaking down of the membrane and death of the cell)

Product category: Ultraviolet disinfection equipment
UV-C disinfection
Safety guaranteed
By using photons instead of chemistry, Antigermix® has improved the safety of professionals and their patients. This innovation prevents exposure to leaks, splashes, residues and fumes from disinfectants. Indeed, the chemical disinfectants used for ultrasound probes are regularly the cause of accidents, allergies and poisoning. They can remain on the probes and are suspected to cause undesirable side effects in vaginal ultrasounds such as damage to gametes and embryos.

A commitment to nature conservation
Its absence of chemicals and consumables is also central to an ecological approach and environmental protection. Antigermix® avoids reprocessing and discharging pollutants, is fully recyclable and Germitec®, or its local agent, guarantees that it will take back the system at the end of its useful life.

Simple and time saving
Antigermix® is ultra simple and makes very few demands on health-care professionals. All they have to do is to remove any visible stains from the probe, put it into the system, close the door and press a button. Disinfection is then monitored and validated by an automated system with optical sensors located inside the machine. Antigermix® eliminates the time-consuming steps involved in chemical systems: manual traceability, heating cycle, purging cycle, change of consumables, cleaning of the probe after disinfection to eliminate toxic residues, monitoring of the disinfection cycle in order to recover the probe immediately at the end of the cycle.

No consumables
The use of photons eliminates the need for costly, complex and polluting steps involved in consumables. This eliminates the need for procurement, delivery, storage, changing and disposing of consumables which are complex processes given that they are subject to strict standards as they are regulated toxic substances.

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About Us

Company details
Germitec® was founded in 2005 and sought to offer a radical solution to healthcare professionals who were experiencing considerable difficulty in effectively disinfecting their ultrasound probes.
We have developed the Antigermix® which replaces chemistry with photons and thus represents a technological breakthrough. Antigermix® is the 4th and last method of High-Level Disinfection of medical devices, intended to replace previous generations: chemical soaking, systems using multiple wipes, and semi-automatic systems using hydrogen peroxide.
Germitec® has been recognized as an innovative company by the French Public Investment Bank. In 2019, Germitec® launched the Hypernova Chronos® that replaces Antigermix®.

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