US 2019/0167824 A1 · STERILIZATION TRAY

Abstract

A sterilization tray is disclosed herein. A medical instrument, such as an endoscope, may be placed into the sterilization tray, and the sterilization tray with the medical instrument disposed therein may be placed into a vacuum chamber of a sterilization system. The sterilization tray may also be used to transport the medical instrument to and from a point of care. Sterilization is performed with the instrument in the base component and the lid component disposed atop the base component. Transportation is performed with the instrument in the lid component and the base component disposed atop the lid component.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A sterilization tray, comprising,

a base component having a first top wall, a first side wall, and a first bottom wall;
at least two brackets disposed upon the first wall;
a lid component having a second top wall, a second side wall, and a second bottom wall, the lid component disposed atop the base component and covering the base component;
wherein a first distance measured from the first top wall to the first bottom wall is less than a second distance measured from the second top wall to the second bottom wall.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/828,654Filed 1 Dec 2017

Published

6 Jun 2019

Term ends

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Classification15 codes

A61L 2/06
Heat: hot gas
A61B 1/00144
With means for preventing contamination, e.g. by using a sanitary sheath: hygienic packaging
A61B 50/00
Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances
A61B 50/20
Containers, covers, furniture or holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments, e.g. sterile covers: holders…

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Abstract

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