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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2000
Werner Stahlecker, Göppingen, DE;
Robert Frost, Landshut, DE;
Rudiger Haaga GmbH, Altoberndorf, DE;
Abstract
A process is described for evacuating a reactor, in which at least one object is sterilized by means of Low pressure plasma. The reactor must be evacuated from atmospheric pressure to plasma discharge pressure. At least two separate, successive evacuation stages are hereby provided. In the first. evacuating stage and a possible further evacuation stage, the reactor is brought down step by step to a reduced intermediary pressure. In the last evacuation stage the reactor is evacuated to the plasma discharge pressure. For each evacuation stage it is advantageous to provide a separate vacuum chamber, to each of which the reactor is corrected. This brings with it the advantage that the entire amount of gas does not need to be transported through one single pump or a single set of pumps.