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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2015
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Justin M. Johnson, Hudson, WI (US);
Kevin D. Landgrebe, Woodbury, MN (US);
Xin X. Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 22/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 22/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods that include: subjecting an article including a moisture sensor to steam sterilization in a steam sterilizer to produce a sterilized article, the moisture sensor having a moisture absorbing layer and a resonant circuit; subjecting the sterilized article to drying; and interrogating the resonant circuit, wherein the interrogation is affected by an amount of water present in the moisture absorbing layer.