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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Timothy J. Nies, Stillwater, MN (US);
Michael J. Woodson, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Andrew K. Hartzell, Hudson, WI (US);
Joshua D. Erickson, Blaine, MN (US);
Jonathan C. Fuller, Oakdale, MN (US);
Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US);
Abstract
A sterilization test pack may include a shell defining an indicator compartment having a volume; a channel extending between a compartment opening and an exterior opening, the channel being in fluid communication with the indicator compartment through the compartment opening and surrounding atmosphere being in fluid communication with the channel through the exterior opening such that the indicator compartment is in fluid communication with the surrounding atmosphere through the channel, the channel having a length measured between the compartment opening and the exterior opening and a hydraulic radius along the length; and an indicator disposed in the indicator compartment, where a ratio of the compartment volume to the channel hydraulic radius may range from 1000 cmto 8000 cm.