ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,369, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to STERILMETRIC INNOVATIONS LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for monitoring a gas sterilization environment" was invented by Shaun R. Devitt (Audubon, Pa.) and Joshua L. Earp (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring a gas sterilization process can be performed via a sterilization monitoring system that includes a system controller and a set of sensor assemblies that can be spaced apart within a sterilization environment. Each sensor assembly is configured to record a set of signals from a gas concentration sensor and an environmental sensor associated with...