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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Steritec Products Mfg. Co., Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Adrian Ponce, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kok-Hwee Ng, Irvine, CA (US);
Darshan Yeliyur Siddegowda, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jenna Zimmerman, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Dat Nguyen, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Mitchell London, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Jake Douglas Knickerbocker, Westminster, CA (US);
Edward Macleod Perkins, Studio City, CA (US);
Robert G. Waarts, Los Altos, CA (US);
STERITEC PRODUCTS MFG. CO., INC., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A biological indicator includes: a BI housing; a germinant container inside the BI housing and housing a germinant composition; a germinant releaser configured to release the germinant composition from the germinant container; a germinant releaser support supporting the germinant releaser and configured to bring the germinant releaser into contact with the germinant container upon application of a force to the germinant releaser support or the germinant container; a first spore carrier inside the BI housing, the first spore carrier having a plurality of spores deposited at a first surface thereof; and an imaging window at a first surface of the BI housing. A BI reader is configured to detect and quantify the presence of live spores in the BI, and includes an excitation source, a camera for capturing images of the spores over time, and a processor for analyzing the images to determine the presence of live spores.