ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,429, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Turbett Surgical Inc. (Henrietta, N.Y.).
"Method of sterilization verification" was invented by Robert E. Turbett (Penfield, N.Y.) and Richard D. Richmond (Canandaigua, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of verifying sterilization comprises performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned and examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device, determining if the ...