US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on June 2 for "Sterilization indicator sensor with a sterilant-responsive switch" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,870, issued on June 2, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Sterilization indicator sensor with a sterilant-responsive switch" was invented by Wensheng Xia (Woodbury, Minn.), Naiyong Jing (St. Paul, Minn.) and G. Marco Bommarito (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device. The sensor device includes a sterilant-responsive switch comprising: a circuit; a conductive polymer having a first state and a second state, and a polymeric binder; and wherein the sterilant-responsive switch connects the circuit in the first state and disconnects the circuit in the second state, and wherein t...