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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
William E. Foltz, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Francois Ahimou, Woodbury, MN (US);
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Robert A. Asmus, Hudson, WI (US);
Louis C. Haddad, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Woodbury, MN (US);
William E. Foltz, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Francois Ahimou, Woodbury, MN (US);
G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US);
Robert A. Asmus, Hudson, WI (US);
Louis C. Haddad, Mendota Heights, MN (US);
Tushar A. Kshirsagar, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Sterilization indicators that include a neutralizer, such indicators useful for testing the effectiveness of a sterilization procedure by measuring the activity of an active enzyme whose activity is correlated with the survival of microorganisms.