US Patent Issued to TERRAGENE on Oct. 21 for "Biological indicator for determining the efficacy of an oxidative sterilization process and methods of use" (Argentinean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,642, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TERRAGENE LLC (Spring, Texas).

"Biological indicator for determining the efficacy of an oxidative sterilization process and methods of use" was invented by Adrian Jesus Rovetto (Alvear, Argentina), Esteban Lombardia (Alvear, Argentina), Pablo Ravasi (Alvear, Argentina) and Carlos Ernesto Rodriguez (Alvear, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biological indicator for determining the efficacy of an oxidative sterilization process, and its methods of use. The biological indicator comprises a set of microbial spores, at least one fluorescent sensor protein, and a culture medium, the fluoresc...