US 12,239,470 B2
Sterilisation container for receiving sterile medical goods
Dennis Goerz, Tuttlingen (DE); Bianca Rosin, Tuttlingen (DE); Eva Streit, Bodman-Ludwigshafen (DE); Timo Knittel, Wurmlingen (DE); Stephan Bauer, Emmingen (DE); Corvin Motz, Pfullendorf (DE); and Michael Reuter, Leibertingen-Thalheim (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Filed on May 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/662,122.
Application 18/662,122 is a continuation of application No. 17/772,114, granted, now 12,048,569, previously published as PCT/EP2020/080009, filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 129 061.9 (DE), filed on Oct. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0325105 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 50/34 (2016.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/34 (2016.02) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0075 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3007 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3011 (2016.02); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2202/182 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterile container for receiving cleaned or sterilized medical goods or medical goods to be cleaned or sterilized, with a lower part of the sterile container forming a receiving space and a sterile-container lid comprising a lid plane and being detachably arrangeable on the lower part of the sterile container for closing the receiving space, at least one handle element being arranged on the lower part of the sterile container, said at least one handle element being positionable between a carrying position projecting from the sterile-container lid and a locking position locking the sterile-container lid to the lower part of the sterile container, a receiving region being formed in the sterile-container lid for receiving the at least one handle element in the receiving region in the locking position,
the receiving region being formed as a trough like handle recess comprising a depression projecting into the receiving space relative to the lid plane for completely receiving the at least one handle element in the receiving region,
the trough like handle recess comprising at least one sheet metal part fixed to the lid plane, and
the at least one handle element being U-shaped with two free legs and a handle piece connecting the two free legs to each other and is hinged with the two free legs to the lower part of the sterile container.