Jeffrey D. Smith,Jeffrey C. Pederson,Sailaja Chandrapati
申请号：
US14623965
公开号：
US09701996B2
申请日:
2015.02.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
A biological sterilization indicator (BI) and a method of using same for assaying the lethality of a sterilization process. The BI can include a housing, which can include a first portion, and a second portion, which can be movable with respect to the first portion between a first and second position. The BI can further include a frangible container comprising a liquid. The BI can further include a spore reservoir and a projection positioned in the housing. The projection can be configured to fracture the container when the second portion of the housing is moved from the first position to the second position. The method can include maintaining a minimal cross-sectional area of space around the container when the second portion of the housing is in the first position, and fracturing the container in response to moving the second portion between the first and second positions.
