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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2021
Martin E. Toomajian, Brighton, MI (US);
Kevin D. Hawley, Dexter, MI (US);
Martin E. Toomajian, Brighton, MI (US);
Kevin D. Hawley, Dexter, MI (US);
MagPlasma, Inc., Brighton, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing pathogen loading is disclosed. A plasma processing chamber is sealed at one end and a pressure sealable door at the other end, with electrodes within the chamber. A first electrode is coupled to a RF power source and a second electrode is coupled to ground. An inlet port introduces a process gas into the chamber. A vacuum pump draws the process gas into the chamber and exhausts through the pump. An object is positioned within an inside wall of the chamber. A surface of the object is disinfected when a plasma field is generated when RF energy from the electrodes is applied to the introduced process gas.