THE INVENTION RELATES TO A STERILIZATION APPARATUS (10) AND TO A METHOD FOR THE STERILIZATION OF AN OBJECT (7) BY A GASEOUS OR LIQUID FLUID COMPRISING: A STERILIZATION CHAMBER (8) IN WHICH THE OBJECT (7) IS POSITIONED, AT LEAST AN ACCELERATION DEVICE (2) FOR ACCELERATING THE FLUID TO A PREDETERMINED FLOW-SPEED, AT LEAST A FILTER DEVICE (3) FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES FROM THE FLUID, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE STERILIZATION APPARATUS FURTHER COMPRISES AT LEAST AN ORIFICE DEVICE (4) PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS, AND A CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE FLOW-SPEED OF THE FLUID ON THE BASIS OF A PRESSURE DIFFERENCE (ΔP). THE MOST ILLUSTRATIVE DRAWING ACCOMPANYING THE ABSTRACT: FIG. 1
