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US 2017/0360975 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
A locking mechanism comprising:
- a shell;
- a first clip slidingly inserted inside the shell, the first clip having a first locking member;
- a second clip slidingly inserted inside the shell, the second clip having a second locking member;
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- a 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 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;
- 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 base;
- a first surface extending upwardly from the first spacer, the first surface having a first cavity formed at a first proximal end thereof;
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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 base;
- a second surface extending upwardly from the second spacer, the second surface having a second cavity formed at a second proximal end thereof;
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- a second biasing member support disposed between the second elongate base and the second surface;
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- a 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;
- and
- a locking mechanism comprising:
- a shell;
- a first clip slidingly inserted inside the shell, the first clip having a first locking member disposed on a first side of the mounting post;
- 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;
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- a 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.