Patents by Inventor Hackler Reiner

Hackler Reiner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Sterilant challenge device for a sterilization monitoring system
    Patent number: 6630352
    Abstract: A sterilant challenge device (1), for use in testing the efficiency of the air removal stage of a sterilization cycle in a sterilizer, includes a tube (2) of thermally-insulating material, the bore of which is closed at one end (3) and open at the other for the entry of sterilant. A plurality of thermally-conductive masses (4) is located around the tube (2) and thermally-separated from one another by air gaps (14), and a temperature sensor is located in an opening (16) in one of the masses adjacent the closed end of the tube. An outer casing (5) defines an air space around the thermally-conductive masses and thermally insulates the masses from the heat in the sterilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Hackler Reiner, Robbert-Jan Hermsen, Wolfgang Kaps