ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,610, issued on May 6, was assigned to Medivators Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Accumulator apparatus for use in sterilization" was invented by Judson A. Herrig (Elko New Market, Minn.) and Isaac Odim (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decontamination system for a device, such as a lumen device, is provided. The decontamination system includes a terminal package defining a device receiving area. The terminal package includes a fluid inlet through which sterilant fluid can be delivered to the device receiving area. An accumulator apparatus is provided that is configured to switch between trapping sterilant fluid delivered into the de...