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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
Asp Global Manufacturing Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Brian J. Thompson, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Jacob S. Childs, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Chunhui Xie, Hebei, CN;
Marco A. Mangiaterra, La Habra, CA (US);
Darius D. Eghbal, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Margaret D. Shaffer, San Clemente, CA (US);
Jeremy M. Yarwood, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Benjamin M. Fryer, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Howell B. Schwartz, Irvine, CA (US);
Philippe Kanh Dang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yaeer Lev, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Venkata Danam, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A biological indicator analyzer includes a plurality of wells, a plurality of organism detector features, and a user input feature such as a touch screen. Each well is configured to receive a respective biological indicator. Each organism detector feature is configured to detect whether a biological indicator disposed in a corresponding well of the plurality of wells contains a living organism. The touch screen is configured to receive user input and provide information to the user indicating a status of biological indicator analysis. The biological indicator analyzer may be used to analyze a biological indicator that was positioned in a sterilization chamber of a sterilizing cabinet along with at least one medical device that is to be sterilized. The analysis may indicate whether the sterilization cycle in the sterilization chamber as successful.