Rapid read-out biological indicator
US6623955B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/81
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A rapid method of determining the efficacy of a sterilization cycle, and an indicator adapted to perform such method, comprising subjecting to the sterilization cycle a source of active enzyme having activity which correlates with the viability of a microorganism commonly used to monitor sterilization, and incubating the enzyme source, following the completion of the sterilization cycle, with an effective amount of a substrate system capable of reacting with any residual active enzyme to produce a detectable enzyme-modified product.
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