Steritec Products Mfg. Co., Inc.

Darshan Yeliyur Siddegowda

Kok-Hwee Ng

Jake Douglas Knickerbocker

Dat Nguyen

Jenna Zimmerman

Adrian Ponce

Mitchell London

Robert G Waarts

Edward MacLeod Perkins

A biological indicator includes: a BI housing; a germinant container inside the BI housing and housing a germinant composition; a germinant releaser configured to release the germinant composition from the germinant container; a germinant releaser support supporting the germinant releaser and configured to bring the germinant releaser into contact with the germinant container upon application of a force to the germinant releaser support or the germinant container; a first spore carrier inside the BI housing, the first spore carrier having a plurality of spores deposited at a first surface thereof; and an imaging window at a first surface of the BI housing. A BI reader is configured to detect and quantify the presence of live spores in the BI, and includes an excitation source, a camera for capturing images of the spores over time, and a processor for analyzing the images to determine the presence of live spores.

Biological indicator reader systems for determining efficacy of sterilization

Housing for biological indicator

Biological indicators, and systems and methods for determining efficacy of sterilization

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Mission Viejo, CA, United States of America

Darshan Yeliyur Siddegowda