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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
O&m Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Ruoya Wang, Decatur, GA (US);
Anthony Stephen Spencer, Woodstock, GA (US);
Kun-Chi Wu, Johns Creek, GA (US);
Tracy J. White, Cumming, GA (US);
Edward B. Madsen, Cumming, GA (US);
Justin J. Coker, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Nathan C. Griffith, Johns Creek, GA (US);
O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Abstract
Indicators for indicating the integrity of a seal of a sterilization container are provided. For example, a seal indicator may indicate whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is in one state and displays a first indicium, and if the sterilization container is not sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is in another state and displays a second indicium. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a visible change in state when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed, such that the user may be assured that the container is properly sealed to maintain sterility of the articles post-sterilization. Further, the seal indicator undergoes a visible change in state if the seal is subsequently broken, to signal to the user that the seal and the sterility of the container interior has been compromised.