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Container closure

US12048568B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Thomas · San Francisco, US
Andreas Elisch · Schramberg, DE
Karl-Heinz Eiskant · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2019
Grant date	Jul 30, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2050/0074
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A closing/locking mechanism for a sterile container includes an actuation lever, a tension bow or claw coupled to the actuation lever, and an engagement element forming an undercut and with which the tension bow or claw can be brought into operative engagement to apply a tensile force to the engagement element. The tension bow or claw is mounted for sliding transversely to the tensile force to be applied. A spring is arranged in an operative position relative to the tension bow or claw in such a way that, when a predefined actuation position of the actuation lever and a predefined/predefinable sliding position of the tension bow or claw are reached, in which position the tension bow or claw already reaches behind the engagement element, the spring applies a compressive force to the tension bow or claw in the direction of the tensile force.

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