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公开(公告)号:US11112616B2
公开(公告)日:2021-09-07
申请号:US17128968
申请日:2020-12-21
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: David Jesurun
Abstract: A refractive lens array assembly for integrated, adjustable beam spreading and bending, said refractive lens array comprising: (i) a first optical element including a top face having a stepped surface or a generally planar wedge-shaped surface, and a bottom face having a curved surface; and (ii) a second optical element including a top face having a curved surface, and a bottom face having a stepped surface or a generally planar wedge-shaped surface.
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公开(公告)号:US11008536B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-18
申请号:US16352171
申请日:2019-03-13
Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
Inventor: Thomas William Smith , Nancy-Hope Elizabeth Kaiser , Kathleen Ann Fix
IPC: C11D1/14 , C11D3/36 , C11D3/30 , C11D7/26 , C11D7/36 , C11D1/24 , C11D7/32 , C11D1/22 , C11D3/33 , C11D3/20
Abstract: A concentrate aqueous composition for removing Type I and Type III rouge from various stainless-steel items. The liquid composition comprises oxalic acid, a phosphonic acid, and various amines. The use of an amine has been found to provide synergistic results in removal of the noted types of corrosion from various stainless-steel items that include medical instruments, machines, equipment, pipes, tools, mixing and storage vessels, and the like.
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公开(公告)号:US20210053783A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-25
申请号:US16992300
申请日:2020-08-13
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Andrew Paul Getsy
Abstract: A momentum arresting ramp that includes a plurality of steps that each includes a slider receiving surface and a transition surface. The steps may enable a device with wheels to be moved down the ramp by a user, without inconvenient gravity building momentum of the device down the ramp. For example, the steps may be spaced apart along a first axis such that a first slider of the device is never in contact with one of the transition surfaces when a second slider of the device is in contact with another one of the transition surfaces. The configuration of the steps and the sliders may enable the device (e.g., a device heavy enough to typically require two users to unload using a planar ramp) to be easily and conveniently unloaded by a single user.
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公开(公告)号:US20210046206A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-18
申请号:US16542734
申请日:2019-08-16
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Nancy A. Robinson
Abstract: A test instrument and a method for producing a test instrument used to evaluate a cleaning, disinfection and/or drying processes of internal flexible channels includes obtaining a medical instrument having a flexible probe section configured for insertion into a body, the flexible probe section including at least one internal flexible channel and at least one external device port, and attaching an access device between the at least one external device port and the at least one internal flexible channel to enable selective access into the internal flexible channel.
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公开(公告)号:US10900062B2
公开(公告)日:2021-01-26
申请号:US15699220
申请日:2017-09-08
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Phillip P. Franciskovich , Michael A. Centanni
IPC: C12Q1/22 , G01N27/12 , C12M1/12 , G01N33/497
Abstract: 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 detection medium producing a gaseous reaction product when one or more of the test microorganisms are viable. The presence or absence of the gaseous reaction product produced by the biological indicator combined with the viability detection medium is detected with a sensing device, the sensing device comprising a resistive sensor, wherein the presence of the gaseous reaction product indicates the presence of viable test microorganisms and the absence of the gaseous reaction product indicates the absence of viable test microorganisms. A sterilization detection device includes a container configured to contain the biological indicator, a viability detection medium, and the sensing device.
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公开(公告)号:US10772702B2
公开(公告)日:2020-09-15
申请号:US16223234
申请日:2018-12-18
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: James Allyn Petrucci , Lance Clark Bellows
IPC: A61B90/35 , F21V14/02 , F21V21/15 , F21W131/205
Abstract: A surgical lighting apparatus for illuminating a surgical environment includes a lighthead and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive data from sensors positioned in one or more light emitting modules and identify, from the received data, an obstruction inhibiting delivery of a predetermined amount of light from one or more of light emitting elements of moveable light emitting modules to corresponding areas of a surgical site. The lighthead is configured to illuminate the surgical site. The lighthead includes a plurality of the light emitting modules and the sensors. Each of the light emitting modules includes a plurality of the light emitting elements positioned on a front side thereof. Each of the light emitting elements is configured to emit the predetermined amount of light from the light emitting modules to illuminate one of the corresponding areas of the surgical site.
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公开(公告)号:US10750749B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-25
申请号:US14262840
申请日:2014-04-28
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Peter A. Burke , Mark James Leggett
Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an aqueous composition for killing spores. The process comprises contacting the spores with the aqueous composition for a sufficient period of time to effect a desired reduction (e.g., at least a 4 log reduction) in the number of spores capable of reproduction, metabolism and/or growth. The aqueous composition comprises water, peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide. The concentration of peracetic acid in the water may be in the range from about 0.001 to about 60% by weight, or from about 0.001 to about 0.5% by weight. The weight ratio of peracetic acid to hydrogen peroxide may be in the range from about 0.001 to about 0.5.
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公开(公告)号:US20200261609A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16275908
申请日:2019-02-14
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: David Petrak , Richard P. Thurman
IPC: A61L2/07
Abstract: A method for pressurizing a sterilization chamber of a steam sterilizer with a controlled rate of pressure change. Pressure is increased in the sterilization chamber by opening a steam-to-chamber valve for a pulse duration during each of a plurality of time PERIODS needed to reach a target pressure value. During each time PERIOD, the steam-to-chamber valve is moved to an open state for the duration of the pulse. An error value indicative of the difference between a Theoretical Pressure and a Measured Pressure is determined at the end of each PERIOD. This error value is used to determine the duration of the pulse for the subsequent PERIOD, thereby maintaining a desired rate of pressure change in the sterilization chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US10650988B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-12
申请号:US16146072
申请日:2018-09-28
Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
Inventor: Jill Sanders , David A. Westenfelder, II , Michael Hollopeter , Lance Clark Bellows
IPC: A45C13/26 , H01H13/86 , H01H13/85 , H01H13/807 , H01H13/70 , F21V23/04 , A61B90/30 , H01H13/83 , F21V21/40 , F21W131/20 , F21W131/205
Abstract: A handle assembly comprised of a base and a detachable handle that mounts to the base. The base includes integrated electronics, such as switches. The detachable handle includes buttons for activating the switches.
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公开(公告)号:US10603132B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-31
申请号:US15794106
申请日:2017-10-26
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Michael Hollopeter , Damon Jurkiewicz , James A. Petrucci , Lance C. Bellows
Abstract: A lighthead identification system for controlling lightheads of a surgical lighting system. The lighthead identification system includes illuminated indicator lights that visually indicate to an operator that an associated lighthead has been selected for adjusting parameter settings on a user interface.
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