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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Phillip P. Franciskovich, Concord, OH (US);
Tricia A. Cregger, Fairlawn, OH (US);
American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
The disclosed invention relates to a method of making a sterilization indicator including depositing an electronically conductive material on a substrate using an ink jet printer and depositing a biological indicator on part or all of the electronically conductive material using the ink jet printer, and further relates to a method for monitoring a sterilization process including (A) exposing an article to be sterilized and a biological indicator to a sterilization medium during a sterilization process, the biological indicator comprising a cell with a plasma membrane in which the biological indicator is positioned on part or all of an electronically conductive material positioned on a substrate; and (B) measuring the membrane potential of the cell to detect the viability of the cell.