Sterile container and lid for a sterile container

US7036678B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculap AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Heinz Eiskant · Tuttlingen, DE
• Mariana Jakab · Tuttlingen, DE
• Friedrich-Wilhelm Oertmann · Tuttlingen, DE
• Torsten Renner · Eisenberg, DE
• Stefan Schuster · Austin, US
• Wolfgang Schwanke · Weilheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2002
• Grant date: May 2, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

In order to improve a lid for closing a receptacle, which is formed by a container bottom and container walls and defines a holding space, of a sterile container which comprises the lid and which is developed in particular for holding surgical instruments or material and preserving the latter in a sterile state, wherein the lid comprises an angular cover place which has a plurality of lid corners and closes the holding space in a closure position, such that it can be quickly and securely mounted on the receptacle and transferred to the closure position, it is proposed that the lid should have a mounting aid for mounting the lid on the receptacle, that the mounting aid should comprise a plurality of mounting aid elements and that the mounting aid elements should each overlap at least one container wall at least partly in the closure position.It is further proposed that a sterile container be improved by comprising such a lid for closing a receptacle.