Patent · US Expired

Device for sterilizing objects

US7544334B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

11Claims

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Assignee

Ruediger Haaga GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Frost · LaGrange, US
Gernot Keil · Braunweiler, DE
Peter Scheubert · Munich, DE
Peter Awakowicz · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 28, 2003
Grant date	Jun 9, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05H1/4652
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An arrangement for sterilizing objects by using a low-pressure plasma. The arrangement includes an evacuable chamber for holding the objects, which evacuable chamber can be connected to a conduit for gas to be ionized. A high frequency transmitting device with an antenna system is provided for inductive generating of an alternating current plasma in the chamber. The antenna system includes two plasma generating coils spaced apart from each another.

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