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

Claim 6:
7. A method of sterilizing a medium, comprising:
disposing the medium within a chamber comprising a dielectric and defining a confinement region for the medium;
disposing at least a pair of electrodes within the chamber that define a target region for receipt of the medium,
disposing at least a first magnet with the chamber in the longitudinal direction thereof to cover a midportion of the chamber;
disposing at least a second magnet with the chamber in the longitudinal direction thereof to cover a midportion of the chamber and opposite the at least a first magnet; and
maintaining 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 to sterilize the medium, 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.