Patent ID: 8277727

Claim:
A method of sterilization and/or inactivation of at least one surface of at least one contaminated object, said method comprising submitting said at least one surface to a plasma discharge generated from an applicator of electromagnetic field of linear type, the plasma having a temperature below 80° C, and having an absorbed power per unit of volume of plasma of less than 20 W/L, so as to sterilize and/or inactivate said at least one surface without substantially degrading it, wherein said at least one contaminated object is a dielectric film, and wherein said film is sterilized as it is rolled off a roll, said film entering a chamber of the applicator at a predetermined height, then leaving said chamber without interrupting the sterilization process or the electromagnetic field serving to maintain said plasma, two surfaces of said dielectric film are then inactivated and/or sterilized simultaneously under the action of bactericidal species of the plasma.