The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Felipe Soberon, Dublin, IE;
Shane Glynn, Castlejordan Tullamore, IE;
Paul Maguire, Dublin, IE;
Stephen Daniels, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Felipe Soberon, Dublin, IE;
Shane Glynn, Castlejordan Tullamore, IE;
Paul Maguire, Dublin, IE;
Stephen Daniels, Dublin, IE;
Assignee:
Arann Healthcare Ltd., Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/00 (2006.01); A62B 7/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61L 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/20 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2/14 (2013.01); A61L 2/202 (2013.01); A61L 2/208 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); Y10S 422/906 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for sterilizing an article. The method comprises placing an article in a sterilization container, generating oxidizing plasma radicals at atmospheric pressure, and providing the oxidizing plasma radicals to the sterilization container to sterilize the article in the container.