Sterile container system comprising a transportation safety device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9393074-B2
Application number	US-201314083666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2013
Priority date	Nov 19, 2012
Publication date	Jul 19, 2016
Grant date	Jul 19, 2016

Abstract

A sterile container system for the sterile transport and storage of medical, in particular surgical instruments and/or implants during a sterilization process, includes a closable sterile container which is formed by a lid and a trough, and at least one sieve cage which can be inserted therein, at least one fastening device being present which acts, on the one hand, on one of the medical instruments which can be inserted in the sieve cage, immobilizing the instrument on the sieve cage, and at the same time acts on the sieve cage, immobilizing the latter on the sterile container.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A sterile container system for the sterile transport and storage of at least one medical instrument and/or implant at least during a sterilization process, comprising a closable sterile container which is formed by a lid and a trough, and at least one sieve cage which can be inserted therein, wherein
at least one elastic fastening device is present which is formed as a pressing element configured to act on the at least one medical instrument and/or implant which is inserted in the sieve cage, actively immobilizing said at least one medical instrument and/or implant on the sieve cage in both a vertical direction and a transverse or lateral direction, by pressing said at least one medical instrument and/or implant onto the sieve cage, wherein the at least one elastic fastening device, acting as said pressing element, also actively immobilizes the sieve cage on the sterile container via a direct contact between the at least one medical instrument and/or implant and the sieve cage.

2. The sterile container system according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening device comprises an abutment which is provided on the trough or on the lid, and the sieve cage comprises an abutment which is provided on the lid or on the trough and counteracts the abutment of the fastening device.

3. The sterile container system according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening device comprises a first abutment which engages the trough or the lid or is provided there and counteracts a second abutment engaging the sieve cage or being provided thereon, and/or the fastening device comprises a third abutment which engages the sieve cage or is provided there and counteracts a fourth abutment engaging the at least one medical instrument and/or implant or being provided thereon.

4. The sterile container system according to claim 1 , which the lid itself acts as a fastening device such that the lid is locked on the trough and immobilizes the sieve cage, while contacting the sieve cage, on the trough, and at the same time presses the at least one medical instrument and/or implant against the sieve cage.

5. The sterile container system according to claim 4 , wherein the lid and/or the trough are formed of an elastically resilient material, in order to facilitate a reduction of the inner volume of the sterile container by evacuating the sterile container and an elastic deformation of the lid and/or of the trough.

6. The sterile container system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one elastic element such as a spring, an air cushion and/or an expansion element which can be activated in a chemical-, pressure- and/or temperature-induced manner is provided in the interior of the sterile container, said elastic element when activated exerting a holding-down force onto the sieve cage and the at least one medical instrument and/or implant.

7. The sterile container system according to claim 6 , wherein the elastic element is present between the lid and the sieve cage and/or between the sieve cage and the trough.

8. The sterile container system according to claim 7 , wherein the elastic element is fastened to the lid and/or to the trough or is integrated therein.

9. The sterile container system according to claim 6 , wherein the air cushion can be filled from outside the sterile container through a valve.

10. The sterile container system according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening device is a two-part, snapping or encompassing locking device, a first partial locking between the trough and the sieve cage defining the relative position of said two elements with respect to each other and a second partial locking between the at least one medical instrument and/or implant and the sieve cage defining the relative position of said at least one medical instrument and/or implant and the sieve cage with respect to each other.

11. A sterile container system for the sterile transport and storage of at least one medical instrument and/or implant at least during a sterilization process, comprising:
a closable container which is formed by lid and a trough,
at least one separate sieve or hole cage which is removeably inserted in the trough, and
at least one elastic fastening device which is formed as a pressing element configured to act on the at least one medical instrument and/or implant being inserted in the sieve or hole cage, actively immobilizing said at least one medical instrument and/or implant on the sieve cage in both a vertical direction and a transverse or lateral direction, by pressing said at least one medical instrument and/or implant onto the sieve cage, wherein the at least one elastic fastening device, acting as said pressing element, also actively immobilizes the sieve cage on the sterile container via a direct contact between the at least one medical instrument and/or implant and the sieve or hole cage.

Assignees

• Aesculap Ag

Inventors

• Praedel Christian
• Alber Rolf
• Klotz Tiziana
• Weisshaupt Dieter
• Schuster Stefan
• Motz Corvin
• Blumenstock Andrea
• Loeffler Burkhard
• Streller Rouven

Classifications

• A61L2103/15

  Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps · CPC title

• A61B2050/0083

  Snap connection · CPC title

• A61L2/26

  Accessories · CPC title

• A61B2017/00557

  inflatable (A61B2017/22051 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B2050/0086

  closed by or under vacuum · CPC title