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US 10,772,982 B2Granted
Rigid sterilization container with replaceable filter assemblies
AssigneeGlobus Medical, Inc.
InventorsMitchell White, Richard R. Scargill, George M. Patton
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Abstract
Sterilization containers, components, and methods thereof. A locking mechanism is used to secure and release a filter assembly on a sterilization container includes two opposing buttons that, when compressed toward each other, unlock the locking mechanism and, when released, secure the locking mechanism.
Claims18
A locking mechanism comprising:
- a shell;
- a first clip having a longitudinal axis and slidingly inserted inside the shell, the first clip having a first locking member and a first arcuate passage laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in a first direction;
- a second clip slidingly inserted inside the shell, the second clip having a second locking member and a second arcuate passage laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
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- a first biasing member extending through the first arcuate passage and having a first end connected to the first clip and a second end connected to the second clip;
- a second biasing member extending through the second arcuate passage and connected between the first and second clips such that the first and second biasing members are laterally offset from each other from the longitudinal axis, and the first and second biasing members bias the first clip and the second clip so that the first locking member is biased toward the second locking member.
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A locking mechanism comprising:
- a shell having a first opening, a second opening, and a cavity extending between the first opening and the second opening, the cavity having a longitudinal axis;
- a first clip having:
- a first button extending through the first opening;
- a first elongate base extending distally from the first button;
- a first spacer extending from the first elongate base;
- a first surface extending upwardly from the first spacer, the first surface having a first cavity formed at a first proximal end thereof;
- a first arcuate passage extending between the first elongate base, the first spacer, and the first surface, and being laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in a first direction;
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- a first biasing member support disposed between the first elongate base and the first surface;
- a second clip having:
- a second button extending through the second opening;
- a second elongate base extending distally from the second button;
- a second spacer extending from the second elongate base;
- a second surface extending upwardly from the second spacer, the second surface having a second cavity formed at a second proximal end thereof;
- a second arcuate passage extending along the second spacer, and being laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in the first direction;
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- a second biasing member support disposed between the second spacer and the second surface;
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- a biasing member extending through the first and second arcuate passages such that the biasing member is laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in the first direction, the biasing member having a first end connected to the first biasing member support and a second end connected to the second biasing member support.
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A locking assembly comprising:
- a mounting post;
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- a locking mechanism comprising:
- a shell;
- a first clip having a longitudinal axis and slidingly inserted inside the shell, the first clip having a first locking member disposed on a first side of the mounting post and a first arcuate passage laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in a first direction;
- a second clip slidingly inserted inside the shell, the second clip being identical to the first clip and being disposed on an opposing side of the mounting post, the second clip further having a second arcuate passage laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in the first direction;
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- a biasing member extending through the first and second arcuate passages and being laterally offset from the longitudinal axis in the first direction, the biasing member having a first end connected to the first clip and a second end connected to the second clip such that the biasing member biases the first locking member and the second locking member into engagement with the mounting post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.