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US 10,856,950 · App. 16/336,298 · Granted Dec 8, 2020

Medical sterilization container

Inventors: Stefan Schuster (Grafenhausen, DE); Matthias Henke (Fridingen, DE); Selina Kammerer (Dauchingen, DE)
Assignee: AESCULAP AG
A61B50/30A61L2/07A61L2/26A61B2050/005A61B2050/007A61B2050/0067
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Patent No.
US 10,856,950
App. No.
16/336,298
Granted
Dec 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical sterilization container has a tub-like first container part, a cover-like second container part, a filter device which is disposed or mounted, particularly from outside, on at least one of the container parts, and a sterilization container closure, which includes at least one closing flap that can be disposed on one of the container parts between a closed position and an open position for the purpose of closing the two container parts one to the other. When in the closed position, the closing flap locks and/or fastens and/or secures the filter device to the container part on which the filter device is disposed or mounted.

Claims (40)

1. A sterilization container comprising:

a first container part,

a second container part,

a filter device which is disposed or mounted on at least one of the first container part and the second container part;

and a sterilization container closure which comprises at least one closing flap which is configured to be disposed on one of the first and second container parts between a closed position and an open position for the purpose of closing the first and second container parts, the at least one closing flap being pivotally mounted,

wherein,

when in the closed position, said at least one closing flap locks and/or fastens and/or secures the filter device to said at least one of the first container part and the second container part.

2. The sterilization container according to claim 1 , wherein the filter device comprises an externally provided filter holder and a filter element held on the filter holder, and the filter holder has a window for a user to check a state of the filter element from a sterilization container outer side.

3. The sterilization container according to claim 2 , wherein the filter device is disposed or mounted on at least one first lateral wall of the first container part.

4. The sterilization container according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one first lateral wall of the first container part has a perforated filter device mounting section with downwardly pointing lamellae and/or ribs and/or the filter device has an externally provided perforated filter holder holding a filter element and having downwardly pointing lamellae and/or ribs.

5. The sterilization container according to claim 4 , wherein the filter device mounting section and the filter holder have a gill-shaped perforated design comprising narrow and/or elongate and/or channel-shaped and/or curved indentations.

6. The sterilization container according to claim 4 , wherein gills and/or lamellae and/or ribs pointing towards the sterilization container outer side are provided on the filter holder and gills and/or lamellae and/or ribs pointing towards a container inner side are provided on the filter device mounting section and/or the gills and/or lamellas and/or ribs provided on the filter holder and the filter device mounting section are provided so as to be offset relative to each other in a lateral wall height direction.

7. The sterilization container according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one of the first container part and the second container part, on which the filter device is disposed or mounted, has a seating or recess and a locking element.

8. The sterilization container according to claim 7 , wherein the filter device, in the open position of the at least one closing flap, is configured to be inserted and/or mounted in the seating or recess from a sterilization container outer side, and configured to be fixed and/or locked via the locking element to said at least one of the first container part and the second container part.

9. The sterilization container according to claim 1 , wherein the sterilization container closure comprises a latching element on said at least one of the first container part and the second container part.

10. The sterilization container according to claim 9 , wherein the closing flap is engaged in the latching element in the closed position, thereby locking the first and second container parts to one another and covering the filter device at least in sections.

11. A sterilization container comprising:

a first container part,

a second container part,

a filter device which is disposed or mounted on at least one of the first container part and the second container part;

and a sterilization container closure which comprises at least one closing flap which is configured to be disposed on one of the first and second container parts between a closed position and an open position for the purpose of closing the first and second container parts, wherein,

when in the closed position, said at least one closing flap locks and/or fastens and/or secures the filter device to said at least one of the first container part and the second container part, wherein

said at least one of the first container part and the second container part, on which the filter device is disposed or mounted, has a seating or recess and a locking element, and

the sterilization container closure comprises a latching element on said at least one of the first container part and the second container part, wherein

the filter device, in the open position of the at least one closing flap is configured to be inserted and/or mounted in the seating or recess from a sterilization container outer side, and configured to be fixed and/or locked via the locking element to said at least one of the first container part and the second container part, and wherein

the closing flap is engaged in the latching element in the closed position, thereby locking the two container parts to one another and covering the filter device at least in sections.

12. The sterilization container according to claim 11 , wherein the latching element, in the closed position of the at least one closing flap is received in a receiving recess provided on the at least one closing flap, and a seal for sealing the sterilization container and for securing the sterilization container closure in the closed position of the at least one closing flap is configured to be passed through the latching element.

13. A sterilization container comprising:

a first container part,

a second container part,

a filter device which is arranged or mounted on at least one first lateral wall of the first container part from outside,

wherein

the at least one first lateral wall has a filter device mounting section with gills and/or lamellae and/or ribs pointing downwards, and the filter device has an externally provided filter holder which holds a filter element and has gills and/or lamellae and/or ribs pointing downwards.

14. A method for sterilizing objects in a sterilization container, the sterilization container having a first container part and a second container part, comprising the steps of:

mounting a filter device on one of the first container part and the second container part;

locking the filter device to said one of the first container part and the second container part by a locking element; and

closing the first and second container parts with respect to one another via a closing flap, which is pivotally mounted, and a concomitant, securing of the filter device to said one of the first container part and the second container part.

15. The method for sterilizing objects in a sterilization container according to claim 14 , further comprising the steps of:

inserting and/or mounting the filter device in a seating or recess from a sterilization container outer side; and

engaging the closing flap in a latching element, thereby locking the first and second container parts to one another and covering the filter device at least in sections.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2019
From: SCHUSTER, STEFAN; HENKE, MATTHIAS; KAMMERER, SELINA
To: AESCULAP AG
Reel/Frame 049727/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 118 083 · Sep 26, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190298472A1 · Oct 3, 2019
Cited By (1)
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