US 12,419,717 B2
Fastening clamp for attaching holders for medical instruments in a sterilization mesh basket, and arrangement having a sterilization mesh basket and a fastening clamp
Daniel Weisser, Villingen-Schwenningen (DE); Eva Streit, Bodman-Ludwigshafen (DE); Timo Knittel, Wurmlingen (DE); and Hermann Deutscher, Neuhausen ob Eck (DE)
Assigned to Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/880,902
Filed by Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/073892
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 3, 2025,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/047158, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 7, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 122 236.5 (DE), filed on Sep. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0186154 A1, Jun. 12, 2025
Int. Cl. A61B 50/33 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/33 (2016.02) [A61B 2050/007 (2016.02); A61B 50/20 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fastening clamp that is adapted and configured for attachment without tools to a perforated undulating base of a sterilization sieve basket, wherein the fastening clamp has a main portion on which two rows of arms are arranged opposite each other with respect to a central axis, wherein each row of arms has a first retaining arm and a second retaining arm, on each of which a respective latching nose is formed, wherein the latching noses of the two retaining arms of each row of arms face toward each other, and wherein a first edge extends on the main portion between the two first retaining arms and a second edge extends between the two second retaining arms, characterized in that a cutout or recess is formed on each of the two edges.