PROCESS FOR DETERMINING VIABILITY OF TEST MICROORGANISMS OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR AND STERILIZATION DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190017091A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-17

    申请号:US15699191

    申请日:2017-09-08

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/22 A61L2/28

    摘要: 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 an electro-mechanical 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.

    COUPLED ENZYME-BASED METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR
    2.
    发明申请
    COUPLED ENZYME-BASED METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR 有权
    用于电子监测生物指示器的基于酶联的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140273054A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13832158

    申请日:2013-03-15

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/22

    摘要: A sterilization indicator system and method of using the system to determine efficacy of a sterilization process. The system includes a vial having a first compartment containing spores of one or more species of microorganism; a second compartment containing a growth medium with a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide or a polysaccharide in which the vial is free of monosaccharide; an enzyme, capable of acting upon the monosaccharide to yield reaction products and electron transfer, disposed on two or more electrodes adapted to carry an electrical signal resulting from the electron transfer, the pair of electrodes positioned to contact the combined contents of the first compartment and the second compartment during incubation; and an apparatus linked or linkable to the electrodes and adapted to detect and measure the electrical signal resulting from electron transfer when the enzyme acts upon the monosaccharide.

    摘要翻译: 灭菌指示器系统和使用该系统来确定灭菌过程的功效的方法。 该系统包括具有包含一种或多种微生物孢子的第一隔室的小瓶; 第二隔室含有具有二糖的生长培养基,寡糖或多糖,其中小瓶不含单糖; 能够作用于单糖以产生反应产物和电子转移的酶,其设置在适于承载由电子转移产生的电信号的两个或多个电极上,该对电极定位成接触第一隔室的组合内容物,以及 孵化期间的第二隔室; 以及连接或可链接到电极的装置,并且适于在酶作用于单糖时检测和测量由电子转移产生的电信号。

    NON-ENZYME BASED DETECTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR
    3.
    发明申请
    NON-ENZYME BASED DETECTION METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR 有权
    基于非酶的检测方法用于电子监测生物指示剂

    公开(公告)号:US20140262829A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-18

    申请号:US13836787

    申请日:2013-03-15

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/22

    摘要: A sterilization indicator system and method of using the system to determine efficacy of a sterilization process. The system may include a vial having an optional first compartment and a second compartment comprising a growth medium comprising one or more of a disaccharide, an oligosaccharide or a polysaccharide capable of conversion to a monosaccharide by germinating spores of the one or more species of microorganism, the vial being free of the monosaccharide prior to use; a strip including two or more electrodes to oxidize the monosaccharide and to carry a resulting electrical signal, and an apparatus to detect and measure the electrical signal resulting from the oxidation. Spores of a suitable biological indicator may be disposed in the first compartment and/or on the strip.

    摘要翻译: 灭菌指示器系统和使用该系统来确定灭菌过程的功效的方法。 该系统可以包括具有任选的第一隔室的小瓶和包含生长培养基的第二隔室,所述生长培养基包含一种或多种能够通过发芽一种或多种微生物的孢子转化成单糖的二糖,寡糖或多糖, 使用前小瓶不含单糖; 包括两个或更多个电极以氧化单糖并携带所得电信号的条带,以及用于检测和测量由氧化产生的电信号的装置。 合适的生物指示剂的孢子可以设置在第一隔室和/或条带上。

    Sterilization indicator device measuring membrane potential of biological indicator
    4.
    发明授权
    Sterilization indicator device measuring membrane potential of biological indicator 有权
    消毒指示器测量生物指示剂的膜电位

    公开(公告)号:US08691562B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-08

    申请号:US13852435

    申请日:2013-03-28

    IPC分类号: C12M1/34

    CPC分类号: G01N21/6486 C12Q1/22

    摘要: A sterilization indicator including an electronically conductive material positioned on a substrate; a biological indicator positioned on part or all of the electronically conductive material, and electronic circuitry for determining whether the membrane potential of the biological indicator changes during incubation following exposure sterilization conditions.

    摘要翻译: 一种消毒指示器,包括位于基板上的电子导电材料; 位于部分或全部电子导电材料上的生物指示剂,以及用于确定在暴露灭菌条件之后孵育期间生物指示物的膜电位是否改变的电子电路。

    Biological indicator
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10301631B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US16001203

    申请日:2018-06-06

    摘要: 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.

    Biological indicator
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10017772B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-10

    申请号:US15618158

    申请日:2017-06-09

    摘要: 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.