Modularly structured lid for a sterile container and filter covering for such a lid

US11490982B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

• Matthias Henke · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
• Andreas Elisch · Schramberg, DE
• Matthias Schweizer · Tuttlingen, DE
• Stefan Thomas · San Francisco, US
• John Gray-Dreizler · Rottweil, DE
• Philipp Bohnenstengel · Steißlingen, DE
• Thomas Sterk · Singen, DE
• Betina Bernauer · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 31, 2018
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: May 20, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2202/24
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A modularly structured lid for a sterile container includes a lid component, which has at least one gas exchange portion, on which, on the inner side of a lid, at least one filter device can be arranged, and at least one filter covering by which the at least one gas exchange portion can be completely covered on an outside of the lid. The lid component has at least one standardized clip receiving portion and the filter covering has at least one standardized clip portion, by which the filter covering and the lid component can be interlockingly fixed to each other, and can be mounted and removed without tools. A sterile container can include such a lid and a filter covering for such a lid.