Sterilization of medical equipment using oxygen radicals produced by water vapor RF plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 1302-1303

  Hayashi, Nobuya ^a   Tsutsui, Shinsuke ^a   Tomari, Tetsushi ^a   Guan, Weimin ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennas; Atomic measurements; Biomedical equipment; Bismuth; Oxygen radicals; Plasma sterilization; Plasmas; Protein removal; Proteins; Radio frequency; Water vapor discharge

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; NONMETALS; OXYGEN; PLASMA THEORY; PLASMAS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); VAPORS; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

ANTENNAS; ATOMIC MEASUREMENTS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BISMUTH; DECIMAL REDUCTION; HYDROXYL RADICALS; OXYGEN RADICALS; PLASMA SCIENCE; PLASMA STERILIZATION; PROTEIN REMOVAL; PROTEINS; RADIO FREQUENCY; RF DISCHARGES; RF PLASMAS; SOURCE GASES; WATER VAPOR DISCHARGE;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 50249169470     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.924453     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. N. Hayashi, W. Guan, S. Tsutsui, T. Tomari, and Y. Hanada, "Sterilization medical equipments using radicals produced by oxygen/ water vapor RF plasma," Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 8358-8363, 2006.