US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Feb. 10 for "Multilayer test pack for sterilization monitoring" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,472, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Multilayer test pack for sterilization monitoring" was invented by G. Marco Bommarito (Stillwater, Minn.), Timothy J. Nies (Stillwater, Minn.) and Paul N. Holt (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed multilayer test pack comprises a channel lamina to form a recessed channel, and then a seal layer covers the recessed channel to form an embedded channel. By providing the recessed channel in a thin-film channel lamina, the recessed channel tolerances are better controlled. Further, using thin films for the channel lam...