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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:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles A Hughes, Rush, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 26 ; 422 56 ; 422 58 ; 422 61 ; 206439 ; 435 31 ;
Abstract
A reusable test pack suitable for monitoring a steam sterilization process which includes an outer sealable pouch which is permeable to steam. A removable insert is contained within said pouch, and contains a chamber for holding a sterilization indicator device. A sterilization indicator device is contained within the chamber and a data card is contained within the pouch, and positioned to cover the indicator device.