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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2024
Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.v., Bakel, NL;
Joost Van Erp, Nuenen, NL;
GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V., Bakel, NL;
Abstract
A method for cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing a filter and/or one or more needles of a food injector device with a cleaning device, the method includes: supplying water and electric current to the cleaning device; treating the filter and/or the one or more needles of the food injector device with the plasma activated water; the cleaning device includes either: i) an atmospheric-pressure plasma device to produce the plasma activated water or ii) a device coupled to the cleaning device for preparing the plasma activated water; and before the treating step, the method includes a pre-treatment step, where the filter and/or the one or more needles of the food injector device are cleaned and/or rinsed with a fluid other than the plasma activated water.