US Patent Issued to LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on May 12 for "Apparatus for plasma sterilization of medical devices" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,988, issued on May 12, was assigned to LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A. (Luxembourg).

"Apparatus for plasma sterilization of medical devices" was invented by Steffen Pattai (Koblenz, Germany), Torsten Kurz (Kadenbach, Germany) and Lukas Wellmann (Bad Ems, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sterilization of a medical device comprising at least one medical device and at least one sterilization device. The sterilization device comprises at least one plasma generator and at least one water source and/or water vapor source for providing water and/or water vapor. The sterilization device is configured to generate plasma-...