US 12,329,874 B2
Activator system for biological indicator
Kevin D. Landgrebe, Woodbury, MN (US); G. Marco Bommarito, Stillwater, MN (US); Wensheng Xia, Woodbury, MN (US); Timothy A. Kohman, Cottage Grove, MN (US); Timothy J. Nies, Stillwater, MN (US); and Nicholas R. Powley, St. Paul, MN (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/309,502
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/061113
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/128959, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,708, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0031900 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 21/78 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/28 (2013.01) [A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); G01N 21/77 (2013.01); G01N 21/78 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for assessing efficacy of a sterilization process, comprising:
a biological indicator;
a receptacle configured to receive the biological indicator;
an actuator mechanism disposed within the system and adjacent to the receptacle; and
a sensing system configured to sense conditions of the sterilization process, wherein the sensing system senses a parameter selected from the group consisting of pressure, temperature, time, and a combination thereof of the sterilization process during exposure of the device to the sterilization process.