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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6218189 | Method for indicating exposure to an oxidative sterilant or disinfectant A method and apparatus detect exposure to an oxidation-type sterilant using a non-PH-sensitive bleachable dye as a chemical indicator. A change in color indicates exposure to oxidation-type sterilant.... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6203756 | Integrated cleaning sterilization process A method for cleaning and sterilizing a medical device comprises the steps of: a) placing the device into a container, b) cleaning the device with a cleaning solution, c) rinsing the device with rinse solution, d) treating the device with a liquid sterila... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6187266 | Integrated cleaning/sterilization process with lumen devices A method for cleaning and sterilizing a medical device having a lumen with at least two open ends comprises the steps of: a) providing a container having at least one enclosure separated from the container by an interface, b) placing the device into the c... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6187265 | Apparatus and method to deliver sterilants to articles having contact surfaces An apparatus and method for sterilizing devices having contact areas with an antimicrobial fluid such as hydrogen peroxide. If the device is a lumen, the lumen is held in an adaptor which is connected with a vessel containing the antimicrobial fluid. The ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6145687 | Contaminant plug for medical instrument sterilization containers A medical instrument sterilization container (10) is provided which includes a port (18). A removable filter (32) is received within port (18) to enable sterilization of instruments placed within container (10). A removable plug (48) replaces filter (32) ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6030579 | Method of sterilization using pretreatment with hydrogen peroxide A method for hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilization of medical devices and similar instruments having long narrow lumens or diffusion restricted areas includes the step of pretreating the article to be sterilized with a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6015529 | Tray/container system for cleaning/sterilization processes A method for cleaning/sterilizing a medical device with a lumen comprises the steps of: a) providing a container having one enclosure and one openable and closeable interface separating the container and the enclosure, b) placing the device on a tray, c) ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6013227 | Lumen device reprocessor without occlusion A method for cleaning/sterilizing a device having a lumen with at least two open ends comprises the steps of: a) providing a container having at least one enclosure and at least one interface separating the enclosure from the container, the interface havi... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5980825 | Method of sterilization using pretreatment with hydrogen peroxide A method for hydrogen peroxide vapor sterilization of medical devices and similar instruments having long narrow lumens or diffusion restricted areas includes the step of pretreating the article to be sterilized with a dilute solution of hydrogen peroxide... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5961921 | Method of sterilization in diffusion restricted environments Methods for peroxide vapor sterilization of medical devices and similar instruments having long narrow lumens or diffusion restricted areas includes the step of contacting the article to be sterilized or a diffusion-restricted environment containing said ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5954219 | Contaminant plug for medical instrument sterilization containers A medical instrument sterilization container (10) is provided which includes a port (18). A removable filter (32) is received within port (18) to enable sterilization of instruments placed within container (10). A removable plug (48) replaces filter (32) ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5942438 | Chemical indicator for oxidation-type sterilization processes using bleachable dyes A method and apparatus for detecting exposure to an oxidation-type sterilant using a chemical indicator comprising bleachable dye is disclosed. Using the method and apparatus disclosed, a bleachable azo dye is incorporated with an anodized aluminum or chr... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5869000 | Partial vapor removal through exhaust port An apparatus and method for vapor sterilization of articles such as medical devices and instruments with lumens. The lumens are connected in a sterilization chamber to a conduit which leads to an exhaust flow restrictor, which exhausts to a vacuum pump. T... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5866069 | Liquid repellant silicone-treated gas-permeable material for sterilization Material that is to be used in wrapping medical items or in making gowns, drapes, and the like is treated with silicone to make it liquid repellent. The material, after being sterilized by an oxidizing plasma process, still retains its repellency.... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5851485 | Process for sterilization with liquid sterilant using controlled pumpdown rate A method for sterilizing a device, includes the following steps: contacting the device with liquid sterilant outside or inside a sterilization chamber at a first pressure, placing the device in the chamber before or after the contacting step, and decreasi... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5834313 | Container monitoring system A sterilization system using a sterilization process monitoring device which is capable of indicating the efficacy of the sterilization process in an enclosed sterilization container while still maintaining the sealed state of the sterilization container.... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5800359 | NIBP playback system A data playback device which records, stores, and plays back actual patient oscillometric blood pressure data to create a more realistic NIBP simulation for testing of an NIBP monitor. The system is made up of two units, a computer and a converter. The co... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5752919 | Mitigation of respiratory artifact in blood pressure signal using line segment smoothing A blood pressure monitoring apparatus which reduces the effects of respiration artifacts in the blood pressure samples prior to display by determining, for each heart beat detected in the blood pressure samples, the blood pressure at a median point of a l... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5746203 | Failsafe supervisor system for a patient monitor A failsafe supervisor system for a patient monitor which integrates the functions of coordinating the turning on/off of the patient monitor with the user and the system software, alerting the operator in the event the patient monitor turns off due to a po... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5736043 | Filter for medical instrument sterilization containers A filter (32) is provided for a medical sterilization container (10) having a port (18,22,24) allowing fluid communication between the interior of container (10) and the surrounding environment. A peripheral frame (44) is adapted to cooperate with the por... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5680870 | Oscillometric blood pressure monitor which acquires blood pressure signals from composite arterial pulse signal An automated sphygmo-manometer which digitizes the pressure transducer output with sufficient resolution to preserve the details of the measured oscillation complexes. The "composite" arterial pulse signal containing the DC pressure component and the osci... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5660184 | Pacemaker pulse detection and artifact rejection A method and apparatus for detecting a pacemaker pulse in an electrocardiogram signal (ECG signal) from characteristic artifacts introduced into said ECG signal by the filtering process to allow identification and removal of the pacemaker pulse from the E... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5651370 | Detection of oscillometeric blood pressure complexes using correlation An automated sphygmomanometer which stores the attributes for all oscillation complexes at each pressure step and compares the stored waveform data to a template containing the attributes of a "clean" oscillation complex from a present or previous NIBP de... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5590662 | Detection of oscillometric blood pressure complexes using correlation An automated sphygmomanometer which stores the attributes for all oscillation complexes at each pressure step and compares the stored waveform data to a template containing the attributes of a "clean" oscillation complex from a present or previous NIBP de... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5579776 | Oscillometric blood pressure monitor with enhanced cuff pressure control An automated sphygmomanometer in which the so-called "air effect" (a slow rise or fall in cuff pressure caused by step inflates or deflates) is substantially eliminated by deflating (inflating) the pressure cuff to a pressure lower (higher) than the targe... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5577508 | Determination of oscillometric blood pressure by linear approximation An automated sphygmomanometer which models the oscillometric envelope as two lines through the points defined by pressure and amplitude which are determined during the oscillometric blood pressure determination. One of the lines is the best fit through th... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5518000 | Oscillometric blood pressure monitor employing deflation periods of alternating durations An automated sphygmomanometer in which the timeout duration of respective deflation periods during which oscillatory complexes may be detected is alternated so that the monitor cannot synchronize with the heart rate for more than one deflation step. The t... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5324489 | Medical instrument sterilization container with a contaminant plug A medical instrument sterilization container (10) is provided which includes a port (18). A removable filter (32) is received within port (18) to enable sterilization of instruments placed within container (10). A removable plug (48) replaces filter (32) ... | 06/28/1994 |
