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公开(公告)号:US11518600B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-06
申请号:US16992367
申请日:2020-08-13
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Nancy A. Robinson , Janet E. Meszaros
Abstract: A sterilizable pouch includes at least one sheet, wherein outer peripheral edges of the at least one sheet are sealed together to define a pouch having an interior space for receiving an article therein. A first releasable seam spans between a first peripheral edge of the at least one sheet to a second, opposite, peripheral edge of the at least one sheet, the first releasable seam dividing the at least one sheet into a first sheet part and a second sheet part. A second releasable seam and a third releasable seam each substantially span from a third peripheral edge of the at least one sheet to a fourth, opposite, peripheral edge of the at least one sheet and along the first peripheral edge and the second peripheral edge, respectively. The second and third releasable seams are arranged generally perpendicular to the first releasable seam, where the first, second and third releasable seams enable the pouch to be completely opened such that a device can be removed from the pouch without the device contacting non-sterile portions of the pouch.
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公开(公告)号:US20220281675A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-08
申请号:US17752948
申请日:2022-05-25
Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
Inventor: Nancy-Hope E. KAISER , Daniel ROCHETTE , Bradley A. BAAN
Abstract: A non-aspirating dispenser containing a gel therein for delivery to a desired surface such as a medical article. More specifically, a gel that is dispensed in the form of droplets that are free of air or a gas therein and with reduced drift potential. The dispenser has a container having a flexible bag therein enclosing a thixotropic gel, and has a pressurized gas that is capable of exerting pressure on the bag and forcing the gel out of said bag in a steady stream upon pressing an actuator that is operatively connected to an ejection valve. The bag is free of propellants, and does not produce an aerosol. The gel is thixotropic and is utilized for keeping medical instruments moist in order to prevent soils present thereon from drying out, which can make reprocessing of medical instruments more difficult and less effective. The dispenser implemented at a point of use for transport or prior to delayed reprocessing in the reprocessing area.
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公开(公告)号:US20210298865A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US17212243
申请日:2021-03-25
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Michael Evan Hollopeter , Ian Hugh Cook , Purushottam Parajuli , Lance Clark Bellows
Abstract: A surgical lighting system includes a central shaft, a surgical light head, an extension arm, a load balancing arm, and a yoke assembly. The extension arm is pivotably mounted to the central shaft. The load balancing arm is pivotably mounted to the extension arm. The yoke assembly supports the light head for multi-axis movement relative to the load balancing arm. The surgical light head includes a plurality of light emitting elements that are arranged to emit light downward to a region of interest and an optical signal generating component configured to capture data associated with the region of interest and generate an optical signal based on the captured data. Optical fiber cables and rotatable joints transmit the optical signal associated with the captured data from the surgical light head to one or more of the yoke assembly, the load balancing arm, the extension arm, and the central shaft.
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公开(公告)号:US20210298864A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-30
申请号:US17212240
申请日:2021-03-25
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Breese J. Watson , Gregory Turcovsky , Steven H. Rus , James Kenneth Cairns , Purushottam Parajuli
Abstract: A surgical lighting system includes a light head housing, a handle, a camera, and an optical fiber cable. The light head housing includes a plurality of light emitting elements therein that are arranged to emit light downward to a region of interest. The handle is mounted to the light head housing and protrudes downward from the light head housing, the handle including a handle housing having a sufficient size to be gripped by the human hand. A camera is mounted within the handle housing, the camera having a field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the region of interest. An optical fiber cable extends from a location within the handle housing and to the light head housing, the optical fiber cable being configured to transmit optical video signals associated with video data captured by the camera to the light head housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20210236326A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-05
申请号:US17162379
申请日:2021-01-29
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Richard P. Nardo , Farhad Haghgoeian , Andrew Moss , John Michael Kasunich , Damon Jurkiewicz , James T. Dacek , Gabor Louis Toth
Abstract: A patient warming system includes a control unit coupled to one or more warming devices. The control unit may control application of power to the heating elements of the warming devices. The control unit may provide hardware and/or software approaches to monitor and detect an overtemperature situation and/or fault of a given warming device.
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公开(公告)号:US11051906B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US15958139
申请日:2018-04-20
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Richard P Nardo , Billy Odon M Yrad, Jr. , Peter N Whitworth , Michael J Maczuzak
Abstract: An ergonomic body positioning system for supporting and positioning a user such that the user can maintain a neutral body position while providing improved access and visibility to a worksite. The body positioning system includes a base, a support arm, a stem mounted to the support arm, and at least one body support device.
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公开(公告)号:US11041186B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-22
申请号:US15375256
申请日:2016-12-12
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Michael A. Centanni , Phillip P. Franciskovich , Kathleen A. Fix
Abstract: This invention relates to a capacitor comprising two electrical conductors separated by a dielectric, the dielectric comprising microorganisms. The dielectric may comprise a biological indicator. This invention relates to a process for determining whether the microorganisms are alive or dead. The number of microorganisms can be determined. This invention relates to a process for testing the efficacy of a sterilization process using the capacitor.
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公开(公告)号:US20210130869A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US17146052
申请日:2021-01-11
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Phillip P. Franciskovich , Kathleen A. Fix , Michael A. Centanni
Abstract: A process for determining the viability of a biological indicator includes exposing the biological indicator to a viability detection medium, the biological indicator including test microorganisms, the exposing the biological indicator to the viability detection medium producing a gaseous reaction product when one or more of the test microorganisms are viable. The presence or absence of the gaseous reaction product produced by the biological indicator combined with the viability detection medium is detected with a sensing device, the sensing device comprising a capacitive sensor, an electro-mechanical sensor, or a resistive sensor, wherein the presence of the gaseous reaction product indicates the presence of viable test microorganisms and the absence of the gaseous reaction product indicates the absence of viable test microorganisms. A sterilization detection device includes a container configured to contain the biological indicator, a viability detection medium, and the sensing device.
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公开(公告)号:US20200315733A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-08
申请号:US16837982
申请日:2020-04-01
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Lance Clark Bellows , Bernard John Moss , Michael Hollopeter , Joseph James Groszek
Abstract: Embodiments include a lighting assembly includes an elongate gasket body formed of a resilient, optically transmissive material. The gasket body includes a light source cavity at least partially defined by a light transmission portion and an attachment channel configured to attach the gasket body to a mount. A light source is disposed in the light source cavity. Other embodiments include securement ring including a clamp portion and a lighting assembly portion. The clamp portion includes first and second segments, each being semi-annular in shape and curving between first and second ends, the first end of the first segment coupled to the second end of the second segment and the second end of the first segment coupled to the first end of the second segment to collectively form an aperture. The lighting assembly portion includes a first and second segments, each being semi-annular in shape and including a light source.
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公开(公告)号:US20200306006A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16832571
申请日:2020-03-27
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Lance Clark BELLOWS , Bernard John MOSS , Michael Joseph HESER
Abstract: A medical device suspension system includes a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis and a cable management cover surrounding the spindle. A gap is formed between the cable management cover and the spindle. A hub is rotatably mounted to the spindle and includes a housing. A top hub cover is disposed along the longitudinal axis between the hub and the cable management cover and defines an end of the gap, the top hub cover including a passage in fluid communication with an internal volume of the housing. The top hub cover is rotatable with respect to the spindle about the longitudinal axis. A cable is provided within the gap, the cable entering the gap at a fixed location about the longitudinal axis and passing into the housing through the passage. Rotation of the top hub cover about the longitudinal axis causes the passage to rotate about the longitudinal axis.
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