Patent ID: 11883550
Assignee: TOMI ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for decontaminating an article or substantially enclosed space, comprising the steps of: providing a reservoir of a cleaning fluid, wherein the cleaning fluid comprises a source of an active species for decontamination of an article or substantially enclosed space, wherein the active species is hydroxyl ions and wherein the source is hydrogen peroxide and the cleaning fluid is silver-free, chlorine-free and peracetic-acid free; cavitating the reservoir of cleaning fluid by applying force to the cleaning fluid; generating a mist at substantially one atmosphere ambient pressure comprising aerosol droplets accumulating in a top chamber portion of a substantially closed chamber comprising a funnel shaped top chamber portion, a bottom chamber portion, a side chamber portion and an interior chamber portion, wherein the mist is generated from the cleaning fluid while the cleaning fluid is subject to cavitation by force; subjecting the mist to a nonthermal plasma actuator to form plasma activated ionic particles carried by the aerosol droplets of the mist, wherein the plasma activated ionic particles are hydroxyl ions, wherein the nonthermal plasma actuator is a DC arc; and contacting the plasma activated ionic particles to a pathogen.