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US 2013/0136655 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for the sterilisation of articles
AssigneeArann Healthcare Ltd.
InventorsFelipe Soberon, Shane Glynn, Paul Maguire, Stephen Daniels
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for sterilising an article. The method comprises placing an article in a sterilisation container, generating oxidizing plasma radicals at atmospheric pressure, and providing the oxidizing plasma radicals to the sterilisation container to sterilise the article in the container.
Claims21
1-30. (canceled)
A method for sterilizing an article comprising:
- placing an article in a sterilization container;
- generating oxidizing plasma radicals at atmospheric pressure;
- and
- providing the oxidizing plasma radicals to the sterilization container to sterilize the article in the container.
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An apparatus for sterilizing an article, the apparatus comprising:
- a sterilization container for receiving an article to be sterilized;
- a plasma radical generator for generating oxidizing plasma radicals at atmospheric pressure;
- and
- means for providing the oxidizing plasma radicals to the sterilization container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.