| abstract |
Surgical or dental instruments from which driving, cooling or rinsing fluids come out are kept sterile by exposing the fluids between their reservoir and the outlet of the instrument to oxidizing means, which kill germs during the process. passage of the flow and act as a germ barrier. In addition, fluids in the vicinity of the reservoir and instruments during storage may be exposed to other oxidizing media. The oxidizing means can be microwaves, a suitable liquid, solid or gaseous oxidizing means, as well as anodic oxidizing devices. |