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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2018
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Francois Ahimou, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assumpta A. G. Bennaars-Eiden, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/28 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61B 2090/702 (2016.02);
Abstract
A device for monitoring the effectiveness of a decontamination process, the device including a bacteria cell as the indicator test organism and optionally a substrate, where the indicator test organism may include acell, and methods of using the monitoring device to evaluate the efficacy of a decontamination process.