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Sterility indicator

CA 1059412 A · Owner: Bio-Medical Sciences · Inventors: Witonsky, Robert J.; Larsson, Raymond P.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

A sterility indicator comprising a backing strip of a dimensionally stable material e.g. aluminum foil having mounted thereon an organic compound containing oxygen or nitrogen in intimate contact with a wicking means and a cover strip bonded to the backing strip overlaying the organic compound and wicking means. The cover strip is a polymeric rate controlling film which permits water vapor to pass through at a rate sufficient to make the device operative at a temperature to be monitored.

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  • Granted July 31, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 31, 1996.
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GrantedJuly 31, 1979
Term endedJuly 31, 1996
Patent numberCA 1059412 A
Classification (IPC)G01N31/22 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedJuly 31, 1979Term endedJuly 31, 1996

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