Process for dry sterilization of medical devices and materials
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1. In a sterilization method wherein a load is exposed within a sterilization zone to active species of a plasma generated in a reaction zone operably associated with said sterilization zone;
- the improvement which comprises;
introducing a biocidal fluid in vapor or gas state into said sterilization zone;
exposing said load to said biocidal fluid during a preconditioning phase;
inducing a plasma in said biocidal fluid within said chamber by application of electrical energy; and
contacting said plasma with a textured metal surface while contacting said load with said active species.
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Abstract
Articles which it is intended to sterilize are placed into a confined volume and are subjected to neutral species of an electrical discharge while maintaining the volume glowless and substantially field free by interposing a barrier between the articles and the discharge, the barrier being transparent to neutral species and opaque to charged species emanating from the discharge.
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1. In a sterilization method wherein a load is exposed within a sterilization zone to active species of a plasma generated in a reaction zone operably associated with said sterilization zone;
- the improvement which comprises;
introducing a biocidal fluid in vapor or gas state into said sterilization zone; exposing said load to said biocidal fluid during a preconditioning phase; inducing a plasma in said biocidal fluid within said chamber by application of electrical energy; and contacting said plasma with a textured metal surface while contacting said load with said active species. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- the improvement which comprises;
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