US Patent Issued to American Sterilizer on March 24 for "Process for determining viability of test microorganisms of biological indicator and sterilization detection device for determining same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,158, issued on March 24, was assigned to American Sterilizer Co. (Mentor, Ohio).

"Process for determining viability of test microorganisms of biological indicator and sterilization detection device for determining same" was invented by Phillip P. Franciskovich (Concord, Ohio), Kathleen A. Fix (Willoughby, Ohio) and Michael A. Centanni (Parma, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 detect...