ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,300, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Sartorius Stedim FMT (Aubagne, France).

"Package irradiation dose sensor" was invented by Samin Akbari (Winchester, Mass.), Magali Barbaroux (La Destrousse, France), Samuel Dorey (Le Beausset, France) and David Pollard (South Boston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation dose sensor that measures a radiation dose of a biocontainer formed for a first material includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a film. The first electrode has a plurality of first fingers. And the second electrode has a plurality of second fingers. The fingers of the first electrode extend towards and are...