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AssigneeAesculap AG
InventorsJohn Gray-Dreizler, Dieter Weisshaupt, Stefan Schuster
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A surgical sterilizing container is provided, having a bottom and a container wall. A through-opening is formed on the sterilizing container for the exchange of media. A valve device having an outlet valve is provided for opening and closing the through-opening. In order to remove fluid which has formed in the container interior while reducing the risk of germs penetrating into the container interior, the through-opening is formed in the container wall at a distance from the bottom, and the sterilizing container has a fluid lifting device for providing a fluid connection from the bottom to the outlet valve and for lifting fluid from the bottom to the outlet valve. A surgical fluid extraction device is also provided for use with a surgical sterilizing container having a container wall and a bottom.
Surgical sterilizing container, comprising a bottom and a container wall, a through-opening for the exchange of media being formed on the sterilizing container, and comprising a valve device having an outlet valve for opening and closing the through-opening, wherein the through-opening is formed in the container wall and is at a distance from the bottom, and wherein the sterilizing container comprises a fluid lifting device for providing a fluid connection from the bottom to the outlet valve and for lifting fluid from the bottom to the outlet valve.
Fluid extraction device for use with a surgical sterilizing container having a container wall and a bottom, the fluid extraction device for extracting fluid from the sterilizing container comprising a valve device which has an outlet valve with which a through-opening formed in the container wall of the sterilizing container is openable and closable, and comprising a fluid lifting device for providing a fluid connection from the bottom to the outlet valve and for lifting fluid from the bottom to the outlet valve.
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