Patent ID: 8470601
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for indicating biological content within a container, the apparatus comprising: a medical sterilization container having a cover removably attached to the medical sterilization container; a pressurizable, enclosable, sterilizable interior compartment formed by the medical sterilization container and the cover, wherein the interior compartment is sized to house at least one medical instrument; and a pressure-activated biological indicator affixed within at least one of the cover and a wall of the medical sterilization container and in communication between both the interior compartment and an atmosphere exterior of the medical sterilization container, wherein after the medical sterilization container has been subjected to a sterilization process and after the atmosphere exterior of the medical sterilization container is substantially at an atmospheric level, the pressure-activated biological indicator provides at least one indication of biological content within the interior compartment.