ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,280, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to STERILUCENT INC. (Minneapolis).
"Sterilization cycle with enhanced diffusion" was invented by Steven J. Olson (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Kent A. Larson (Woodbury, Minn.), Nicole Williams (Minneapolis), Patrick J. LaValley (Elk River, Minn.), Patrice J. Amoapim (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Peter R. Kalkbrenner (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Roger P. Martin (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Robert J. Gaskill (Edina, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterilization cycle for sterilizing material and items containing diffusion restricted spaces and lumens is provided that introduces vaporous sterilant, such as hydrogen perox...