ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,395, issued on July 8, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Process and device for generating a moving front within a sterilization monitoring device and uses thereof" was invented by G. Marco Bommarito (Stillwater, Minn.), Scott D. Anderson (Lakeland, Minn.), Ryan W. Clarke (Woodbury, Minn.), Paul N. Holt (St. Paul, Minn.), William E. Foltz (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Timothy J. Nies (Stillwater, Minn.), Kevin D. Landgrebe (Woodbury, Minn.), Jeffrey D. Cotton (St. Paul, Minn.) and Ryan T. Woldt (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed sterilization monitoring device comprises a perfu...