ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,337, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MESA LABORATORIES INC. (Lakewood, Colo.).

"Holder for use in sterilisation appliances" was invented by Iwein Denayer (Leest, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder for holding one or more biological indicators and/or one or indicators and one or more thermocouples. The holder includes one or more basic parts, being at least one first basic part where one or more biological indicators and/or one or more thermocouples can be placed in the basic part. The basic part is provided at the location where the biological indicator or indicators can be located with one or more holes. The holder i...