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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
R. Roger Ruan, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Hongbin Ma, St. Paul, MN (US);
Mingliang Zhang, St. Paul, MN (US);
Paul L. Chen, Roseville, MN (US);
Duane Oyen, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/3409 ; B01J 1/908 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 3/3409 ; B01J 1/908 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for at least partially sterilizing a liquid that has pathogens living in the liquid. The liquid comprising living pathogens is placed in a reaction volume, and a non-thermal plasma is generated within the reaction volume to thereby kill at least a portion of the pathogens within the liquid.