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公开(公告)号:US20210109360A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-15
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:US10953123B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US15949756
申请日:2018-04-10
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Harry Bala
Abstract: A sterilization process challenge pack including a base tray, a first cover, and a second cover is configured to provide a restrictive flow path for gaseous sterilization medium to test the efficacy of a sterilization process. The base tray includes at least one chamber containing a biological indicator and/or chemical indicator. The first cover including a notch is configured to cover the at least one chamber. The second cover is attached to peripheral surfaces of the base tray except at an unsealed portion. A flow path through the unsealed portion and the notch in the first cover provides the only fluid communication between an external environment and the at least one chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20210024880A1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-28
申请号:US16937990
申请日:2020-07-24
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Nicholas M. White
IPC: C12N3/00
Abstract: A liquid sporulation method is described. A first liquid culture is prepared by adding bacterial cells to a sporulation broth, wherein an optical density (OD600) of the first liquid culture is in a range of 0.001 to 0.01. The first liquid culture is incubated and an optical density (OD600) thereof is increased to be in a range of 0.2 to 2.0. Second liquid culture is prepared by adding the incubated first liquid culture to a predetermined amount of additional sporulation broth, wherein an optical density (OD600) of the second liquid culture is in the range of 0.001 to 0.1, and a ratio of a volume of the second liquid culture to a volume of the first liquid culture is in a range of 10:1 to 150:1. The second liquid culture is incubated so an optical density (OD600) thereof is increased to be in a range of 1.0 to 4.0.
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公开(公告)号:US10823715B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-03
申请号:US15653560
申请日:2017-07-19
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Tricia Cregger , Phillip F. Franciskovich
Abstract: This invention relates to a chemical indicator for monitoring a vaporous hydrogen peroxide sterilization process. The chemical indicator comprises a reactive composition adhered to a substrate, the reactive composition comprising a transition metal reagent, an oxidizing agent, and a resin. A test pack containing the chemical indicator and a biological indicator is disclosed. Vaporous hydrogen peroxide sterilization processes using the chemical indicator and the test pack are disclosed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200337797A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16393168
申请日:2019-04-24
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Michael Hollopeter , Ian Hugh Cook
Abstract: A system for identification of abnormalities related to illumination of a target and automatic compensation therefor includes a lighthead and a controller. The lighthead is configured to illuminate the target. The lighthead includes a plurality of lighting modules configured to emit light therefrom. Each of the lighting modules includes a distance sensor configured to measure a distance from the lighting module to a surface toward which the lighting module is pointed. The controller is configured to identify one or more abnormalities of the measured distances, determine a true distance from the lighthead to the target based on the measured distances, predict an amount of illumination based on the true distance that would be supplied to the target without the identified abnormalities, and compensate for the identified abnormalities by respectively adjusting an amount of light emitted from the lighting modules to illuminate the target according to the predicted amount of illumination.
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公开(公告)号:US10299473B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-28
申请号:US15908132
申请日:2018-02-28
Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
Inventor: Christopher C. Heisig , Nancy-Hope E. Kaiser , Thomas W. Smith
Abstract: The present invention relates to phenol containing disinfectants that have superior broad-spectrum antimicrobial efficacy versus traditional chemistry such as quaternary ammonium-containing disinfectants or aliphatic alcohols. Hydrotropic surfactants are utilized in combination with generally environmentally friendly phenol containing compounds such as ortho-benzyl parachlorophenol (OBPCP), ortho phenylphenol (OPP), or parachloro-meta-cresol (PCMC) in the presence of suitable solvents such as an aliphatic alcohol and also in the presence of an inorganic acid, such as phosphoric acid. The solutions are free of para tertiary amylphenol (PTAP), have a low pH and are very stable with respect to gamma irradiation. They can be used with respect to hard surface disinfection, and also as a tuberculocide, a fungicide, a bactericide, and a virucide.
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公开(公告)号:US20190011002A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-10
申请号:US16004499
申请日:2018-06-11
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Lance Clark Bellows , Michael Joseph Heser , Christopher Roy Mohr , Bernard John Moss , Jerime Josef Pichler , Cristian Laurentiu Toth
CPC classification number: F16D65/06 , F16D49/00 , F16D65/0971 , F16D2125/40
Abstract: A brake screw for use with a surgical lighting system. The brake screw includes a screw member retained within a threaded aperture of a mounting hub of a spindle of an arm used with the lighting system. The screw member is rotationally adjusted to enable displacement in an axial direction. A brake member is in axial alignment with the screw member and disposed for movement in the axial direction against a mounting tube retained within the mounting hub upon rotational adjustment of the screw member. A rivet section is integrally formed with the brake member and has a distal end retained within an axial recess formed within the screw member, allowing movement of the brake member in the axial direction within the screw member. A bias member is disposed between the screw member and the brake member to create a biasing force that urges apart the screw member and the brake member along the axial direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180256281A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15914512
申请日:2018-03-07
Applicant: AMERICAN STERILIZER COMPANY
Inventor: Lance Clark BELLOWS , Damon JURKIEWICZ
Abstract: A support arm for supporting a surgical device in an operating room. The support arm is comprised of an elongated, tubular extrusion having an inverted, generally tear-drop shaped outer surface that has an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape is symmetrical about an axis extending from a leading end of the airfoil to a trailing end of the airfoil shape.
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公开(公告)号:US20180116755A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-03
申请号:US15788032
申请日:2017-10-19
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Michael Hollopeter , Damon Jurkiewicz , David Jesurun , Lena Tana Fogle
CPC classification number: A61B90/35 , A61B18/20 , A61B90/13 , A61B90/30 , A61B90/361 , A61B2034/2048 , A61B2034/2059 , A61B2090/0807 , A61B2090/309 , F21S8/046 , F21V21/14 , F21V23/003 , F21V23/0471 , F21V33/0068 , F21W2131/205 , F21Y2115/10 , G08B5/36
Abstract: An aiming and status indicator system for surgical lightheads, cameras, and other lighting system accessory devices. The system includes a plurality of marker lights mounted to a housing for the accessory device. Each marker light produces a respective marker light beam that is directed towards a work area (surgical site) to provide a marker indicator pattern. The marker indicator patterns can be used to indicate the boresight of a lighthead or camera, whether a lighthead is in a focused or unfocused condition, and status information associated with the lighting system.
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公开(公告)号:US09671167B1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-06
申请号:US14940231
申请日:2015-11-13
Applicant: American Sterilizer Company
Inventor: Michael Bacik , Shadruz Daraie , Peter J. Buczynski
IPC: F28C3/04
CPC classification number: F28C3/04 , A61L2/07 , A61L2/26 , A61L2202/122 , A61L2202/13
Abstract: This invention relates to a process for reducing the temperature of an effluent stream flowing out of a sterilization chamber. The process involves the use of a mixing tank and heat exchangers which provide for cooling the effluent to a temperature required by local drain or sewer requirements (e.g., below about 60° C.) while saving on the amount of cooling water needed to cool the effluent.
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