Sterilizing with peracid and plasma
CA 2042283 A1 · Owner: Campbell, Bryant A. · Inventors: Moulton, Kern A.; Campbell, Bryant A.; Caputo, Ross A.
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A process for plasma sterilization comprising exposing an article to be sterilized to pretreatment with a peracid antimicrobial agent and to a plasma generated from gases. The gases can be selected from the group consisting essentially of argon helium, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen and mixtures thereof; and the exposure to the plasma can be carried out at a pressure of from 0.1 to 10 torr and a chamber temperature of less than 80°C. The peracid antimicrobial agent can be a member selected from the group consisting of saturated and unsaturated peralkanoic acids having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms and halogenated derivatives thereof and is preferably peracetic acid.
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- Filed May 10, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 10, 2011.
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