Abstract: A non-thermal plasma cleaning device including: an enclosure including an input port for fluid connection with a gas supply; a radio-wave source; a controller configured to successively perform, during a cleaning step, at least two, preferably at least three, non-thermal plasma generation cycles each including: controlling the radio-wave source to be in an active state during a first predetermined duration to generating a non-thermal plasma in the enclosure; and controlling the radio-wave source to be in an inactive state during a second predetermined duration, the input port being in an open state at least during the second predetermined duration.

Abstract: Sterilization, and more particularly sterilization of medical devices by placing a medical device is placed into a secondary enclosure impermeable to biological materials and permeable to electromagnetic fields, placing the secondary enclosure into a primary enclosure of a non-thermal plasma sterilizing device, igniting a gas into a non-thermal plasma inside the sealed secondary enclosure, and collecting the sterilized medical device. Also, a non-thermal plasma sterilizing device for use in sterilization.

Abstract: Sterilization, and more particularly sterilization of medical devices using a sterile enclosure having a wall delimiting an inner volume of the sterile enclosure, the wall being permeable to electromagnetic fields and impermeable to biological material, and the wall including a barrier portion impermeable to fluid and at least one membrane portion enabling a flow of fluid through the membrane portion. The barrier portion presents a barrier surface (S) and the membrane portion includes an output membrane configured to enable fluid within the inner volume to exit the inner volume, the output membrane presenting an output surface (s1), and s1 and S verifies s1/(S+s1)?0.50. Also, a non-thermal plasma sterilizing device that includes this sterile enclosure.

Abstract: A non-thermal plasma cleaning device including: an enclosure including an input port for fluid connection with a gas supply; a radio-wave source; a controller configured to successively perform, during a cleaning step, at least two, preferably at least three, non-thermal plasma generation cycles each including: controlling the radio-wave source to be in an active state during a first predetermined duration to generating a non-thermal plasma in the enclosure; and controlling the radio-wave source to be in an inactive state during a second predetermined duration, the input port being in an open state at least during the second predetermined duration.