Patent · US Expired

Sterile bag

US4583643A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
19References
20Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 8, 1983
Grant dateApr 22, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 8, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65D81/2023
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bag for containing articles to be sterilized is automatically sealed by means responsive to a sterilizing environment applied to the bag. One or more actuators are releasably attached to the bag to automatically close one or more valves at the appropriate point in a sterilizing cycle to result in a vacuumized sterile package.

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