Patents by Inventor Janet M. Prust

Janet M. Prust 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).

  • Electronic management of sterilization process information
    Patent number: 7899681
    Abstract: A system for electronic management of information relating to sterilization and high level disinfection process monitoring generates electronic sterilization record for sterilized and high level disinfected loads, and optically scans sterilization monitors associated with the sterilized loads. The system stores a digital representation of each scanned sterilization monitor, and associates the digital representation with the electronic sterilization record. The electronic sterilization record also may contain a variety of information including a sterilization status data entered by a user. The system permits a user to review both the sterilization status information and the digitized representation of the sterilization monitor online to verify accuracy. In this manner, a representation of the actual sterilization monitor can be stored and retrieved when desired for verification of result, audits and other quality review activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kevin R. Katzenmaier, Janet M. Prust, Andrew C. Daus
  • Electronic management of sterilization process information
    Publication number: 20030187586
    Abstract: A system for electronic management of information relating to sterilization and high level disinfection process monitoring generates electronic sterilization record for sterilized and high level disinfected loads, and optically scans sterilization monitors associated with the sterilized loads. The system stores a digital representation of each scanned sterilization monitor, and associates the digital representation with the electronic sterilization record. The electronic sterilization record also may contain a variety of information including a sterilization status data entered by a user. The system permits a user to review both the sterilization status information and the digitized representation of the sterilization monitor online to verify accuracy. In this manner, a representation of the actual sterilization monitor can be stored and retrieved when desired for verification of result, audits and other quality review activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin R. Katzenmaier, Janet M. Prust, Andrew C. Daus