Steritec Products Mfg. Co., Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.

Kok-Hwee Ng

Jake Douglas Knickerbocker

Dat Nguyen

Darshan Yeliyur Siddegowda

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

A catheter apparatus for assessing denervation comprises: an elongated catheter body; a deployable structure coupled to the catheter body, the deployable structure being deployable outwardly from and contractible inwardly toward the longitudinal axis of the catheter body; one or more ablation elements disposed on the deployable structure to move outwardly and inwardly with the deployable structure; one or more stimulation elements spaced from each other and disposed on the deployable structure to move with the deployable structure, the stimulation elements being powered to supply nerve stimulating signals to the vessel; and one or more recording elements spaced from each other and from the stimulation elements, the recording elements being disposed on the deployable structure to move with the deployable structure, the recording elements configured to record response of the vessel to the nerve stimulating signals.

Apparatus and method of assessing transvascular denervation

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

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Irvine, CA, United States of America

Kok-Hwee Ng