ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,555, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Self-contained biological indicator" was invented by Francois Ahimou (Woodbury, Minn.), Kelvin J. Witcher (Hudson, Wis.), Naiyong Jing (Saint Paul, Minn.), Tonya D. Bonilla (Woodbury, Minn.) and G. Marco Bommarito (Stillwater, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to self-contained biological indicators wherein a single type of indicator is capable of being used for various sterilization conditions, including sterilization with steam and/or ethylene oxide. In some embodiments, a single type of biologica...