Life-span indicator for resterilizable plastic products
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A 3D-printed Chamber for Organic Optoelectronic Device Degradation Testing
Published on: August 10, 2018
H Haindl1, A Gildor, H Kartheus
1Laboratory Dr Haindl, Wennigsen, Germany.
Medical Device Technology
|April 7, 1996
Abstract:
Disposable medical products have obvious advantages for users, in particular, assured sterility. Yet, one-time use creates large amounts of waste that cannot easily be reprocessed. Despite this, resterilizable products are not common, principally because of problems in monitoring the level of resterilization. This article suggests a solution in the form of an indicator that changes colour according to the number of sterilization cycles it undergoes.
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