Mocon, Inc.

Robert Demorest

Daniel W Mayer

John H Bode

Trevor H Hegg

An instrument for ascertaining a viable aerobic microbe count at temploying a two-point calibration curve of tto TVC for each type of sample. One point on the calibration curve is the x-intercept value (i.e., an estimated or experimental value for the logarithm of the minimum viable aerobic microbe count at commencement of testing (t) in a sample effective for causing the sample to reach tsubstantially instantaneously upon commencement of incubation). The other point is ascertained experimentally from a sample having a smaller known viable aerobic microbe count at t.

Analytical instrument for evaluating microbial contamination of an object

An instrument and method for ascertaining a viable aerobic microbe count at temploying a two-point calibration curve of tto TVC for each type of sample. One point on the calibration curve is the x-intercept value (i.e., an estimated or experimental value for the logarithm of the minimum viable aerobic microbe count at commencement of testing (t) in a sample effective for causing the sample to reach tsubstantially instantaneously upon commencement of incubation). The other point is ascertained experimentally from a sample having a smaller known viable aerobic microbe count at t.

Analytical instrument and method for evaluating microbial contamination of an object

A non-destructive method for testing sealed packages for leakage, particularly packages having a gas-permeable portion and a non-gas-permeable portion, by applying a temporary barrier over the gas-permeable portion, wherein the temporary barrier has two apertures, and enclosing the package in a testing chamber having a carrier gas flowing through it to a detector, and passing a tracer gas through the package interior via the two apertures in the temporary barrier.

Method for measuring gas leakage from sealed packages

A non-destructive method for testing sealed packages for leakage, particularly packages having a gas-permeable portion and a non-gas-permeable portion, by applying a temporary barrier over the gas-permeable portion, wherein the temporary barrier has an aperture, and connecting the aperture to a pressure monitor, and recording the pressure drop in the sealed package, via the aperture, for a predetermined time.

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Maple Grove, MN, United States of America

Robert Demorest