SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING A DEVICE WITH PLASMA-GENERATED ACTIVE SPECIES, THE ACTIVE SPECIES PARTIALLY FORMED FROM A LIQUID-STATE ADDITIVE

摘要

A plasma sterilization system and method employing an improved plasma generator exhibiting low pressure drop of fluid passing through the plasma generator, and/or a homogeneous distribution of current through the space between a primary planar electrode and a secondary planar electrode and exhibiting enhanced sterilization performance in accordance with certain preferred embodiments includes at least one porous dielectric material having a tortuous pore structure disposed adjacent at least one of the electrodes, a plasma generating chamber defining an enclosure having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, in which the inlet and outlet are located laterally of and between planes coinciding with major surfaces of the planar electrodes, and a liquid phase additive injector for introducing an additive to the plasma generating chamber to provide improved biocidic property.