ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,489, issued on March 18, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).
"Sterilization chemical indicator" 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.) and Kevin D. Landgrebe (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to chemical indicators. In particular, the chemical indicators are useful for monitoring sterilization processes. The chemical indicator includes a fluid path...