US Patent Issued to Advanced Sterilization Products on Nov. 3 for "Sterilization assessment methods with chemical indicators" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,073, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Advanced Sterilization Products Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Sterilization assessment methods with chemical indicators" was invented by Benjamin M. Fryer (Lake Forest, Calif.), Doug V. Truong (Irvine, Calif.) and Raya Fryer (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A class 5 chemical indicator color may be imaged such that a color of the indicator may be determined and compared to a color-value threshold indicative of an efficacious sterilization procedure. Color changes of the indicator during a sterilization procedure are typically not uniform. As such, colors on the indicator may be avera...