US Patent Issued to Terragene on May 19 for "Biological indicator for determining the efficacy of a steam or heat sterilization process and its method of use" (Argentinean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,857, issued on May 19, was assigned to Terragene LLC (Spring, Texas).

"Biological indicator for determining the efficacy of a steam or heat sterilization process and its method of use" was invented by Adrian Jesus Rovetto (Rosario, Argentina), Esteban Lombardia (Pueblo Esther, Argentina) and Pablo Ravasi (Rosario, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a biological indicator for determining the efficacy of a steam or heat sterilization process, and its method. The biological indicator comprises microbial spores (a), at least one sensor protein exogenous to the microbial spores (b), one fluorophore (c), and a...