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Self-contained biological indicator

Granted 19 Jan 2010 · no office action yet

Current assignee: American Sterilizer Company · originally STERIS Inc.

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Inventors: Alan M. Solomon, Mark Edward Pasmore · Examiner: Caron Veynar · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/325,371
filed 30 Sep 2008
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US D608455
granted 19 Jan 2010

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a self-contained biological indicator showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a first side elevation view of the container body of the self-contained biological indicator (with the cap detached therefrom);

FIG. 6 is a second side elevation view of container body of the self-contained biological indicator (with the cap detached therefrom);

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of FIG. 5

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 5 ;

FIG. 9 is a side elevation view of the cap of the self-contained biological indicator (detached from the container body);

FIG. 10 is a top plan view of FIG. 9 ; and,

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view of FIG. 9 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D24/224

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AUAU-325332-SS24 Mar 200920 Mar 2009publishedContainer with cap
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