Sterilization method using plasma

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PATENT NO 12138358
APP PUB NO 20210236674A1
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16972025

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Sterilization method using plasma for sterilizing objects, wherein it is provided to introduce the objects to be sterilized into a sterilization chamber (13) and covey toward the latter a flow of air coming from a feed pipe (17) on which a plasma generator device (12) is disposed able to generate one or more gaseous compounds comprising a mixture of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and of reactive nitrogen species (RNS) so that the air is the carrier fluid which conveys the gaseous compounds toward the sterilization chamber (13); the method also provides to control the electric power used to produce the plasma as a function of the composition and/or the quantity of reactive species present in the sterilization chamber (13).

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ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNAVIA ZAMBONI 33 40126 BOLOGNA 40126

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Borghi, Carlo Angelo Bologna, IT 2 0
Neretti, Gabriele San Lazzaro di Savena, IT 2 0
Seri, Paolo Civitanova Marche, IT 2 0

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