US 12,419,983 B2
Monitoring of steam quality during sterilization with improved temperature control
Klaas Kopinga, Veldhoven (NL)
Assigned to SolidToo B.V., Veldhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/625,888
Filed by SolidToo B.V., Veldhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/NL2020/050468
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/010834, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2023514 (NL), filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0265883 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/26 (2013.01) [A61L 2/07 (2013.01); G01N 33/0014 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for detecting a non-condensable gas, comprising
a tube having an open end and a closed end, wherein the tube and the closed end are closed with respect to a fluid, and the open end is open to allow the fluid to move into and out of the tube, wherein the tube is configured to allow a condensed portion of the fluid to be removed from the tube by gravitation;
a heat sink configured to extract heat from the tube at the closed end of the tube;
a heat source configured to heat a first portion of the tube up to a specific temperature, wherein the heat source is located between the open end of the tube and the heat sink; and
at least one thermometer configured to measure a temperature of a second portion of the tube between the heat source and the closed end of the tube or the fluid inside that second portion of the tube.