Biological sterilization indicator, system, and methods of using same
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Aug 1, 2017
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Feb 18, 2015
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Abstract
A biological sterilization indicator, system, and methods of determining the effectiveness of a sterilization process. The biological sterilization indicator can include a locus of spores, a reservoir containing a liquid, and a sterilant path positioned to provide fluid communication between ambience and the locus of spores. The reservoir can have a closed state in which the reservoir is not in fluid communication with the locus of spores and an open state in which the reservoir is in fluid communication with the locus of spores. The biological sterilization indicator system can include the biological sterilization indicator and a detection device adapted to be coupled to the biological sterilization indicator. In some embodiments, the method can include assaying the spores for a detectable change in a characteristic, and detecting substantially all of the detectable change.
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| Country | kind | publication No. | Filing Date |
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| WO | A2 | WO2010045138 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| US | B2 | US8969029 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| CN | B | CN102256631 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| EP | A2 | EP2347007 | Oct 12, 2009 |
| BR | A2 | BRPI0915234 | Oct 12, 2009 |
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- 2015 Application Filing Year
- C12Q Class
- 3483 Applications Filed
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