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Biological Indicator for Liquid-chemical Sterilization System
24 Jun 20
Disclosed herein are biological indicators suitable for use in a liquid-chemical sterilization process that may be conducted by an automated endoscope reprocessor.
Benjamin M. FRYER, Yan FANG, Prabhakaran JAYABALAN
Filed: 17 Dec 19
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Reprocessing Case
17 Jun 20
A reprocessing case may be used to assist in reprocessing an instrument, such as an endoscope in an automated reprocessor.
Kenneth S. KRAMER, Samuel J. RHODES
Filed: 16 Dec 19
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Apparatus and System for Guiding a Cleaning Implement and a Method of Use Thereof
10 Jun 20
An apparatus and a system for guiding a cleaning implement and a method of use thereof are provided.
Astor Suriano, Eshan Shameli, Navid Omidbakhsh
Filed: 28 Oct 19
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Method of Sterilizing Medical Devices, Analyzing Biological Indicators, and Linking Medical Device Sterilization Equipment
10 Jun 20
A biological indicator analyzer includes a plurality of wells, a plurality of organism detector features, and a user input feature such as a touch screen.
Brian J. Thompson, Jacob S. Childs, Chunhui Xie, Marco A. Mangiaterra, Darius D. Eghbal, Margaret D. Shaffer, Jeremy M. Yarwood, Benjamin M. Fryer, Howell B. Schwartz, Philippe Kanh Dang, Yaeer Lev, Venkata Danam
Filed: 9 Feb 20
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Biological Indicator with Variable Resistance
10 Jun 20
A biological indicator with variable resistance may be controlled by moving a cap or housing of the biological indicator to cause the size of vents that allow flow of sterilant through the housing to decrease or increase in effective size.
Yan Fang, Griffith E. Altmann, Behnam Amin, Jeremy Yarwood, Lawrence Y. Mok
Filed: 11 Feb 20
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Apparatus and Method to Measure Concentration of Disinfectant In Medical Device Reprocessing System
10 Jun 20
A medical instrument processor includes an enclosure, a liquid distribution system, and a disinfectant concentration measuring subsystem.
Yan Fang, Nick N. Nguyen, Kaitao Lu
Filed: 16 Feb 20
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Multi-Turn Angle Measurement Device
27 May 20
The invention relates to a multi-turn angle measurement device for measuring multiple revolutions of a shaft (4), consisting of a first code carrier (31) with an optical single-turn scanning function (34) for detecting the absolute position of the shaft and a second code carrier for measuring the number of revolutions of the shaft (4).
Martin LINDEN, Kai KLAEGER, Thorsten BLUST
Filed: 14 May 18
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Apparatus and Method for Adjusting a Volume of a Basin of a Treatment Apparatus
20 May 20
An apparatus and a method for adjusting a void volume of a basin of a treatment apparatus are provided.
Navid Omidbakhsh
Filed: 16 Oct 19
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Multi-stage Current Measurement Architecture
13 May 20
A test and measurement instrument includes a current measurement device having an input to accept an electrical current for measurement, an output to pass an output current output from the current measurement device, a sense path through which the electrical current is measured, and an active bypass device to pass an amount of current from the input of the current measurement device to the output of the current measurement device without passing through the sense path.
Mark D. Zimmerman, Wayne C. Goeke, Martin J. Rice
Filed: 7 Nov 19
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Measurement Device and Method of Its Operation
13 May 20
A measurement device, such as a power meter or power submeter, may comprise a frame disposed in a housing dividing an interior volume of the housing into a first volume and a second volume.
Eric Christopher Beishline, Been-Chyuan Lin, Thomas Huntington Lish, Jeffrey Alan Herb, Hubertus Alexander Caris, Dion Hofste, Christian Peter Suurmeijer, Martinus Johannus Hannink
Filed: 11 Nov 19
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Measurement Device and Method of Its Operation
13 May 20
A measurement device providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user on a remote terminal comprising at least one first processor; and at least one first memory including one or more first sequences of instructions to perform the steps of transmitting a GUI displaying a at least one of a first, a second, a third, and a fourth image in response to at least one of a voltage characteristic, a current characteristic, and a load characteristic obtained from the user through the GUI on the remote terminal.
Eric Christopher Beishline, Been-Chyuan Lin, Thomas Huntington Lish, Jeffrey Alan Herb
Filed: 11 Nov 19
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Test and Measurement Instrument Having Overpulsed Power Supply and Controlled Slew Rate
29 Apr 20
A power supply in a test and measurement device includes a stimulus having an output coupled to an amplifier in which an output signal from the stimulus controls an output level of the amplifier.
James A. Niemann
Filed: 24 Oct 19
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Apparatus and Method for Detecting Improper Positioning of Removable Component of Sterilizing System
29 Apr 20
A sterilization system includes a sterilization chamber, a processor, and a sterilization module.
Doug Vo Truong, Lawrence Y. Mok
Filed: 28 Oct 19
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Apparatus and Method for Delivery of Concentrated Disinfectant or Sterilant to Lumen of Medical Instrument
8 Apr 20
A method for reprocessing a medical device uses a medical device processor with an enclosure for holding the medical device.
Sungwook Yang, Navid Omidbakhsh
Filed: 10 Dec 19
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Multi-port Cap for Reagent Container
8 Apr 20
A liquid distribution system is configured to deliver a disinfectant solution to a medical device within an enclosure.
Nick N. Nguyen, Yan Fang
Filed: 10 Oct 19
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Source Measure Unit with Guard Drive Circuit
1 Apr 20
A test and measurement device including a source configured to output a source signal, a source output configured to output the source signal to a connected cable, a guard drive circuit electrically coupled to the source and configured to receive the source signal and generated a guard drive signal, the guard drive circuit having a gain less than one, and a guard drive circuit output configured to output the guard drive signal to a connected guard.
James A. Niemann, Wayne C. Goeke
Filed: 30 Sep 18
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Gas Analyzer with Chemochromic Sensor Assembly
18 Mar 20
A gas analyzer includes a housing adapted for insertion into a chamber.
Kurt Rohmann, Benoit Cote, Ke Wang
Filed: 16 Sep 19