Patent ID: 6589478
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
A process for disinfection of flat and enclosing surfaces using steam which comes into contact with the surface to be disinfected, wherein the steam generated by an initial evaporator cell is fed through a nozzle assembly in a disinfection head and meets the surface to be disinfected, which is at a specific distance away, as steam which is free of any drops of water and with a laminar flow directly from said nozzle assembly, whereby the disinfection head forms a steam chamber with the surface to be disinfected, and, once the steam has condensed, the condensation is sucked away via a suction bell placed over the disinfection head and fed first into a collection contained, then into the initial evaporator cell, where it is sterilized by heating and fed from the initial evaporator cell back to the disinfection head.