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Sterile indicator for a sterilization container

US9572905B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Aesculap AG · DE

Inventors

Peter Schulz · Tettnang, DE
Stefan Schuster · Austin, US
Dieter Weisshaupt

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2/04
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sterile display for a sterile container includes a thermally actuatable display apparatus for the display of a first and a second sterility condition of the sterile container. The display apparatus includes an adjustment mechanism having an actuator element which can be transferred, by external heating, from a first stress state in which the first sterility condition can be displayed, to a second stress state in which the second sterility condition can be displayed. The adjustment mechanism includes a thermo-bimetal element wherein, by its actuation, the actuator element of the adjustment mechanism can be transferred from the first stress state to the second stress state.

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