ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,630, issued on May 27, was assigned to Meducomp GmbH (Herzfelde, Germany).
"Device and method for the microbiological examination of washing machines" was invented by Jurgen Cyganek (Herzfelde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a bioindicator and a method for using the bioindicator for microbiological testing of washing machines. The device according to the invention allows a safe, reliable, cost-effective and easy-to-use microbiological test of the disinfection performance of washing machines. The invention further relates to a use of the bioindicator and a kit comprising 10 bioindicators. In particular...