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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
O&m Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Ruoya Wang, Decatur, GA (US);
Anne E. Cote, Milton, GA (US);
Kun-Chi Wu, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Tracy J. White, Cumming, GA (US);
Vernon Meadows, Lilburn, GA (US);
Edward B. Madsen, Cumming, GA (US);
O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides sterilization containers with features for sealing a volume against an ingress of contaminants. The present disclosure also provides a sterility breach detection system for detecting whether the sterilization container seal has been breached, which potentially could compromise the sterility of any contents of the container. Further, the present disclosure provides a controller system for detecting, tracking, and alerting a user to the state of a sterilization container, such as whether the container seal has been breached. The sterility breach detection system and/or the controller system may utilize a smart gasket to detect breaches in a seal of a sterilization container, and a controller in operative communication with the smart gasket may activate an indicator to alert a user to a detected breach in the seal.