Single use sterilization container

US8623289B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Joseph A. Cesa · Cumming, US
• Laureen C. Clark · Alpharetta, US
• John Kevin Clay · Milford, US
• Steven Scott Friderich · Roswell, US
• Sean Gorman · Goatstown, IE
• David Hernandez · Marietta, US
• Denise E. O'Connor · Sydney, AU
• Corinna Schwarz · Roswell, US
• Tara Denise Smith · Wakefield, US
• James Troy Starkey · North Haven, US
• Daniel Peter Sterling · Fairfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 16, 2009
• Grant date: Jan 7, 2014
• Expiry date: May 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/48
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A non-reusable, locking container for sterilizing and storing surgical materials and presenting surgical materials in a sterilized condition. The non-reusable, locking sterilization container includes a tray, a lid, a permeable filter, a non-reusable lock and a frangible release that limit the container to only a single sterilization cycle or single use.