Patent ID: 7354550

Claim:
A disinfection and/or sterilisation method of a material; said method comprises the steps of: providing a receptacle holding a material to be disinfected, said receptacle having an internal surface Sc, said receptacle being provided with a seal adapted to seal the receptacle in an airtight way; said receptacle, when sealed, having an internal surface Si, said internal surface Si being at least one of equal to or larger than the internal surface Sc; sealing said receptacle in an airtight way; heating said sealed receptacle such that said internal surface Si and said material to be disinfected are heated under a saturated or substantially saturated water vapour and/or radical pressure, said saturated or substantially saturated water vapour and/or radical pressure being obtained by: (i) eliminating, before said heating, substantially all air and free space in and around said material to be disinfected, (ii) decreasing ambient pressure inside said receptacle before said heating and after said sealing, and (iii) evaporating the water and/or radicals absorbed and/or formed in a natural way at the surface of said material to be disinfected and/or said internal surface Si.