Patents Assigned to PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 12653917
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plasma treatment apparatus and a method using the same, and more particularly, to a plasma treatment apparatus for applying, to a target object, such as a biomaterial, characteristics (e.g., removal of organic materials, crosslinking reaction, etching reaction, structural change by surface chemical reaction, sterilization effect, wettability, adhesiveness, bondability, color compatibility, surface reinforcement, modification of surface heat resistance, sterilization, removal of harmful proteins/bacteria, etc.) according to plasma treatment, and a method using the plasma treatment apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Bong Lim, Seung Hun Lee, Jun Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20260162949
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a plasma processing device for acquiring an image of an object to be processed is disclosed. The plasma processing device comprises: a chamber configured to accommodate the object to be processed; a power supply configured to generate plasma inside the chamber; an imaging sensor configured to acquire a surface image of the object to be processed; and a controller configured to control a capturing operation of the imaging sensor for acquiring the surface image of the object to be processed, according to an operation of the plasma processing device, and wherein the controller determines a time period of plasma processing for the accommodated object to be processed, using one or more surface images corresponding to the object to be processed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong LIM, Jeonghoon LEE
  • Patent number: 12589174
    Abstract: A sterilant storage device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first container storing a sterilant therein and including at least a part having air-permeability, and a second container surrounding the first container and formed to be entirely air-impermeable to maintain an internal airtight condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Junyoung Kim, Jeongsan Seo
  • Publication number: 20250336649
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for plasma surface treatment is disclosed. The apparatus may include: a placement unit on which an object to be treated, a storage container for storing the object to be treated, or a gripping device for gripping the object to be treated is placed; an isolation unit that forms, by combining with the placement unit, an isolation space in which at least a part of an inside thereof is isolated from an external environment during an operation period of the apparatus, the isolation unit having at least one surface including a light-transmissive member; and a treatment unit that allows plasma surface treatment to be performed for the object to be treated by forming an electric field in the isolation space during the operation period of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: You Bong LIM
  • Patent number: 12377182
    Abstract: A sterilization system comprises a chamber module and an independent pump module that is external to the chamber module in an independent form, is connected to the chamber module, and has a built-in pump, wherein the chamber module comprises a chamber built in the chamber module and storing a target object and a vaporizer built in the chamber module and connected to the chamber to supply a vaporized sterilant, wherein the chamber built in the chamber module is connected to the pump built in the independent pump module and exhausted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee, Jungik Ko, Junyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12364779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sterilization apparatus and a sterilization method. The sterilization method includes: an operation in which a sterilant injection block for containing a sterilant and providing a sterilant injection path for injecting the sterilant or a vacuum packaging pouch having the sterilant injection block is mounted inside a vacuum chamber; and an operation in which the vacuum chamber is operated in a chamber mode in which the vacuum chamber is used as a sterilization container when only the sterilant injection block is mounted and the vacuum packaging pouch is operated in a pouch mode in which the vacuum packaging pouch is used as a sterilization container when the vacuum packaging pouch is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youbong Lim
  • Publication number: 20250069855
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a packaging container, a plasma treatment apparatus including the same, and a plasma treatment method, wherein the packaging container includes a housing portion capable of accommodating a treatment target, wherein the housing portion includes a permeable portion which is permeable to gas, and an electrical connection member electrically connectable to an electrode portion disposed externally, and dielectric-barrier discharge is generated inside the housing portion through the permeable portion so that the treatment target accommodated inside the housing portion is plasma-treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Bong LIM, Jun Young KIM, Ho Su KIM
  • Publication number: 20240331983
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus for plasma surface treatment is disclosed. The apparatus may include: a placement unit on which an object to be treated, a storage container for storing the object to be treated, or a gripping device for gripping the object to be treated is placed; an isolation unit that forms, by combining with the placement unit, an isolation space in which at least a part of an inside thereof is isolated from an external environment during an operation period of the apparatus, the isolation unit having at least one surface including a light-transmissive member; and a treatment unit that allows plasma surface treatment to be performed for the object to be treated by forming an electric field in the isolation space during the operation period of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Bong LIM, Jun Young KIM
  • Patent number: 11873153
    Abstract: An implant storage container according to an embodiment of present invention comprises an implant body, a holding block connected to the implant body, a cover storing the implant body and connected to the holding block and a sealing member configured to seal a boundary between the holding block and the cover to maintain a vacuum state inside the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee, Junyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20230321297
    Abstract: A sterilant storage device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first container storing a sterilant therein and including at least a part having air-permeability, and a second container surrounding the first container and formed to be entirely air-impermeable to maintain an internal airtight condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong LIM, Junyoung KIM, Jeongsan SEO
  • Patent number: 11712490
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sterilization apparatus. The sterilization apparatus comprises a sterilant extractor configured to extract a sterilant using an auxiliary needle from a sterilant cartridge disposed inside or outside a sterilization chamber and a sterilant supplier configured to receive the sterilant extracted through the auxiliary needle, to vaporize the sterilant through a vaporizer, and to provide the vaporized sterilant to the sterilization chamber or a vacuum pouch disposed inside the sterilization chamber through a main needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee, Junyoung Kim, Miseon Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230226236
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plasma treatment apparatus and a method using the same, and more particularly, to a plasma treatment apparatus for applying, to a target object, such as a biomaterial, characteristics (e.g., removal of organic materials, crosslinking reaction, etching reaction, structural change by surface chemical reaction, sterilization effect, wettability, adhesiveness, bondability, color compatibility, surface reinforcement, modification of surface heat resistance, sterilization, removal of harmful proteins/bacteria, etc.) according to plasma treatment, and a method using the plasma treatment apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You Bong LIM, Seung HUn LEE, Jun Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20220306368
    Abstract: An implant storage container according to an embodiment of present invention comprises an implant body, a holding block connected to the implant body, a cover storing the implant body and connected to the holding block and a sealing member configured to seal a boundary between the holding block and the cover to maintain a vacuum state inside the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong LIM, Seunghun LEE, Junyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 11351282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sterilizer using an impermeable sealed container and a sterilization method thereof, and more particularly, to a sterilizer using an impermeable sealed container and a sterilization method thereof, the sterilizer being capable of diagnosing residual moisture to improve sterilization reliability and increase sterilization efficiency, and directly being connected to a vaporizer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a technique for solving the problems of taking a long time to sterilize and inefficiency in removing and purifying a sterilant that remains after the sterilization is completed, and for improving the problems of difficulty in ensuring sterilization reliability and inefficiency in using a sterilizer due to the same drying process irrespective of actual residual moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220143247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cartridge used for a sterilization device. The cartridge comprises a sterilant container configured to contain a sterilant used for sterilization and an injector receiving the sterilant contained in the sterilant container through the sterilization device and delivering the sterilant to an article to be sterilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong LIM, Seunghun Lee, Junyoung Kim, Miseon Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220133930
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sterilization apparatus and a sterilization method. The sterilization method includes: an operation in which a sterilant injection block for containing a sterilant and providing a sterilant injection path for injecting the sterilant or a vacuum packaging pouch having the sterilant injection block is mounted inside a vacuum chamber; and an operation in which the vacuum chamber is operated in a chamber mode in which the vacuum chamber is used as a sterilization container when only the sterilant injection block is mounted and the vacuum packaging pouch is operated in a pouch mode in which the vacuum packaging pouch is used as a sterilization container when the vacuum packaging pouch is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youbong LIM
  • Patent number: 11266760
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cartridge used for a sterilization device. The cartridge comprises a sterilant container configured to contain a sterilant used for sterilization and an injector receiving the sterilant contained in the sterilant container through the sterilization device and delivering the sterilant to an article to be sterilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youbong Lim, Seunghun Lee, Junyoung Kim, Miseon Hwang
  • Patent number: D966518
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youbong Lim
  • Patent number: D966519
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youbong Lim
  • Patent number: D984670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: PLASMAPP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youbong Lim