Patent ID: 11917745
Assignee: NONLINEAR ION DYNAMICS, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC H  A | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A sterilizer, comprising:
a chamber defining a confinement region disposed with a dielectric, and into which a medium to be sterilized may be disposed;
a power supply;
at least a pair of electrodes disposed within the chamber and configured for coupling to the power supply, and defining a target region therebetween for receipt of the medium to be sterilized;
at least a first magnet disposed with the chamber in the longitudinal direction thereof to cover a midportion of the chamber;
at least a second magnet disposed with the chamber in the longitudinal direction thereof to cover a midportion of the chamber and opposite the at least a first magnet; and
a pressure control system configured to maintain a pressure within the chamber,
wherein a first of the at least a pair of electrodes is configured to emit an electrical field toward the target region and a second of the at least a pair of electrodes, and
wherein at least a portion of a magnetic field generated by the at least first and second magnets is disposed substantially orthogonally to at least a portion of the electrical field to generate shearing among portions of generated plasma that causes ions and neutrals to rotate rapidly to effect sterilization of the medium to be sterilized.