Inventors:
Roger M. Bithell - Richmond CA
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL
International Classification:
A61L 214
A61L 224
Abstract:
A sterilization procedure and apparatus is disclosed in which articles of irregular shape or having long, narrow apertures or cavities may be sterilized at low temperature by being subjected to a plasma whose pressure is varied in a cyclic manner so as to provide forced convection of active species into the apertures, cavities, and crevices of the article to be sterilized.