Method and apparatus for non-thermal pasteurization of living-mammal-instillable liquids

US6911225B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

• R. Roger Ruan · Arden Hills, US
• Hongbin Ma · Columbia, US
• Paul L. Chen · Roseville, US
• Shaobo Deng · Windom, US
• Xiangyang Lin · Nanchang, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2005
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05H2240/20
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A non-thermal plasma reactor is provided for treating a liquid with non-thermal plasma species. The reactor includes a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, a reaction volume between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet and at least one non-thermal plasma electrode adjacent to the reaction volume. The non-thermal plasma electrode is isolated physically and electrically from the flow path by a dielectric barrier.