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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Ep Technologies Llc, Akron, OH (US);
James Ferrell, Stow, OH (US);
Erinn R. Bogovich, Ravenna, OH (US);
Robert L. Gray, Kent, OH (US);
Daphne Pappas Antonakas, Hudson, OH (US);
Tsung-Chan Tsai, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Sameer Kalghatgi, Copley, OH (US);
EP Technologies LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Exemplary apparatuses and methods of killing or deactivating bacteria are disclosed herein. An exemplary apparatus for killing or deactivating bacteria includes a plasma vapor chamber. The plasma vapor chamber has a vapor inlet for allowing a vapor into the chamber, a high voltage electrode, one or more grounding electrodes. The one or more grounding electrodes at least partially surrounding the plasma vapor chamber. The plasma vapor chamber includes an outlet for allowing fluid to flow out of the chamber. When the chamber is filled with vapor for a period of time sufficient to saturate the chamber with vapor, the high voltage electrode is energized to generate plasma throughout the chamber.