公开(公告)号：US10582888B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-10

申请号：US16275657

申请日：2019-02-14

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Nicholas Jacobs ,  Richard P. Nardo ,  Christopher D. Labedz ,  Sohrab Soltani ,  Michael Hollopeter

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A47C27/15 ,  A61G13/10 ,  A61G13/12 ,  A61G7/05 ,  A47C21/04 ,  A47C27/00 ,  A61G7/057

Abstract: A support pad, including a first cushion layer, a second cushion layer, and a sensing device, is provided. The sensing device is positioned between the first and second cushion layers. The sensing device includes a plurality of sensing elements and a substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of tab portions and a plurality of expandable portions. The sensing elements are respectively mounted to the tab portions. The expandable portions are moveable between contracted and expanded positions in response to pressure applied thereto.

公开(公告)号：US20200063178A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：US16106870

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： William A. Yirava ,  Jodi R. Alt ,  Stephen M. Norris ,  Nicholas M. White

IPC: C12Q1/22 ,  G01N31/22

Abstract: This invention relates to a biological indicator for use with a sterilization process, comprising a carrier on which an inoculum is placed and dehydrated, the inoculum comprising a test organism in the form of bacterial spores and an effective amount of an excipient to enhance recovery of the bacterial spores from the dehydrated inoculum. In an embodiment, the inoculum further comprises a carbohydrate.

公开(公告)号：US10508967B2

公开(公告)日：2019-12-17

申请号：US15848573

申请日：2017-12-20

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Jeffrey Obratil ,  Joseph William Clemens ,  David James Glaspell

IPC: G01M3/28

Abstract: A leak detection system for use in a vacuum sterilization chamber having a plurality of piping sections that are connected to the sterilization chamber through openings along an inner surface of the sterilization chamber.

公开(公告)号：US10473172B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US16004499

申请日：2018-06-11

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Lance Clark Bellows ,  Michael Joseph Heser ,  Christopher Roy Mohr ,  Bernard John Moss ,  Jerime Josef Pichler ,  Cristian Laurentiu Toth

IPC: F16B21/00 ,  F16D65/06 ,  F16D49/00 ,  F16D65/097 ,  F16D125/40

Abstract: A brake screw for use with a surgical lighting system. The brake screw includes a screw member retained within a threaded aperture of a mounting hub of a spindle of an arm used with the lighting system. The screw member is rotationally adjusted to enable displacement in an axial direction. A brake member is in axial alignment with the screw member and disposed for movement in the axial direction against a mounting tube retained within the mounting hub upon rotational adjustment of the screw member. A rivet section is integrally formed with the brake member and has a distal end retained within an axial recess formed within the screw member, allowing movement of the brake member in the axial direction within the screw member. A bias member is disposed between the screw member and the brake member to create a biasing force that urges apart the screw member and the brake member along the axial direction.

公开(公告)号：US20190175099A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16275657

申请日：2019-02-14

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Nicholas Jacobs ,  Richard P. Nardo ,  Christopher D. Labedz ,  Sohrab Soltani ,  Michael Hollopeter

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A47C27/15 ,  A47C21/04 ,  A47C27/00 ,  A61G7/057 ,  A61G13/12 ,  A61G13/10

Abstract: A support pad, including a first cushion layer, a second cushion layer, and a sensing device, is provided. The sensing device is positioned between the first and second cushion layers. The sensing device includes a plurality of sensing elements and a substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of tab portions and a plurality of expandable portions. The sensing elements are respectively mounted to the tab portions. The expandable portions are moveable between contracted and expanded positions in response to pressure applied thereto.

公开(公告)号：USD846183S1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US29639393

申请日：2018-03-06

Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY

Designer： Lance Clark Bellows ,  Nicholas Puterbaugh

公开(公告)号：US20190025268A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US15653560

申请日：2017-07-19

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Tricia Cregger ,  Phillip F. Franciskovich

IPC: G01N31/22 ,  G01N21/78 ,  A61L2/28

Abstract: This invention relates to a chemical indicator for monitoring a vaporous hydrogen peroxide sterilization process. The chemical indicator comprises a reactive composition adhered to a substrate, the reactive composition comprising a transition metal reagent, an oxidizing agent, and a resin. A test pack containing the chemical indicator and a biological indicator is disclosed. Vaporous hydrogen peroxide sterilization processes using the chemical indicator and the test pack are disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20180369433A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15634133

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY

Inventor： Sandeepan DUTTA ,  Michael RABINOVICH ,  Kenneth J. KLOBUSNIK

IPC: A61L2/07 ,  E06B3/44 ,  E06B7/20 ,  E05D15/16

Abstract: A steam sterilizer having a door movable relative to an opening between a first open position and a second closed position. A plurality of spaced-apart roller assemblies are aligned along edges of the door to align the door relative to the opening as the door moves between the open and closed position. Each of the roller assemblies are comprised of a cylindrical roller having an outer annual recess extending along the periphery thereof. The recess is dimensioned to receive a lateral edge of the door. The roller is mounted on a shaft and is movable against a biasing force axially along the axis of the shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20180351906A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US15610732

申请日：2017-06-01

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Ian Hugh Cook

IPC: H04L29/12 ,  G06F3/06

CPC classification number: H04L61/2038 ,  G06F3/061 ,  G06F3/0655 ,  G06F3/0688

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assigning addresses to components sharing a common bus. In one embodiment, an iterative elimination process is used to assign the addresses to each component. In another embodiment, each component includes a distance sensor that detects a distance to a front face of a calibration plank. Addresses are assigned to the components based upon the distance readings of the sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20180273957A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US16001203

申请日：2018-06-06

Applicant: American Sterilizer Company

Inventor： Phillip P. Franciskovich ,  Tricia A. Cregger ,  William A. Yirava ,  Peter A. Burke

IPC: C12N15/75 ,  C12Q1/689 ,  A61L2/28 ,  C12M1/12 ,  C12Q1/6897 ,  C12M1/34 ,  C12Q1/22 ,  C12Q1/34 ,  C12N9/38

CPC classification number: C12N15/75 ,  A61L2/28 ,  C12M1/34 ,  C12M37/06 ,  C12N9/2471 ,  C12Q1/22 ,  C12Q1/34 ,  C12Q1/689 ,  C12Q1/6897 ,  C12Y302/01023

Abstract: This invention relates to a biological indicator derived from a composition comprising: a host organism comprising a spore forming bacteria; a reporter gene for producing an indicator enzyme; a regulatory gene; and a vehicle for inserting the reporter gene and the regulatory gene in the host organism; the host organism bearing a transposable genetic element in its genome for inserting an insertion sequence in the regulatory gene; the insertion sequence comprising a transposase, a pair of terminal inverted repeat sequences, and at least one open reading frame for expressing the transposase. The vehicle may be taken up by the host organism. The insertion sequence may be inserted in the regulatory gene. The host organism may undergo sporulation to form the biological indicator. A process and an apparatus for using the biological indicator are disclosed.