Patent ID: 9078935
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61L,H01J

Abstract:
1. In the production of a container, a method of sterilizing an inner wall of the container by action of charge carriers, which comprises introducing a charge carrier generation device, comprising an electrical conductor, having an acceleration voltage below 100 kV by flowing a current through the conductor, directly into a plastic material pre-form for the container through an opening in the plastic material pre-form, and generating charge carriers in an interior of the plastic material pre-form, wherein an under-pressure of between 0.0001 mbar and 800 mbar, is generated inside the plastic material pre-form at least for a time before or during the sterilization procedure, providing an electron conduction device, in the form of a sleeve which is acted upon with positive charge, to direct the charge carriers in a direction of the inner wall of the plastic material pre-form, said sleeve surrounding the plastics material pre-form both on its sidewall and also on its bottom region.