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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick J McCormick, Henrietta, NY (US);
John R Scoville, Jr, Henrietta, NY (US);
Assignee:
Castle Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 31 ; 435296 ; 435299 ; 435810 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to sterility indicators of the self-contained biological type and provides a device that assures direct impingement of the sterilant onto the microproorganisms. In this manner, the sterilant exposure conditions experienced by the test organisms reflects the exposure conditions to which the articles in the sterilizer are subjected. The device of the invention provides that the microorganisms are not directly contiguous with the ampule containing the aqueous nutrient medium.