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US 9,295,280 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for cold plasma food contact surface sanitation
AssigneePlasmology4, Inc.
InventorsMarc C. Jacofsky, Gregory A. Watson
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Abstract
A cold plasma device for killing or reducing a microbiological pathogen, or denaturing a protein in food, in a food processing system using a cold plasma device. The cold plasma device directs a cold plasma at food or a food surface over an effective area for an effective amount of time. The cold plasma device can be a DBD electrode device, or an army of DBD electrode devices. A grounding rod assembly is also described.
Claims24
A method comprising:
- contacting a target substrate with a multi-frequency harmonic-rich cold plasma over an effective area for an effective amount of time to kill or reduce a microbiological pathogen, or denaturing a protein, in a food processing system, wherein the cold plasma is generated by a scalable cold plasma device capable of providing cold plasmas having dimensions from 25 cm through to at least 8 linear feet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.