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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1999
Applicants:
Rodney K. Hehenberger, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Phillip A. Bolea, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Bernard A. Gonzalez, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Rodney K. Hehenberger, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Phillip A. Bolea, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Bernard A. Gonzalez, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N021/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reader for a sterilization indicator having sterilizing agent sensitive indicia is described. The indicator allows a sterilization cycle to be monitored without the need for a user to subjectively distinguish between color, quality or intensity of display patterns.