US-12622765-B2 - Sterilization basket with fixing handle

US12622765B2US 12622765 B2US12622765 B2US 12622765B2US-12622765-B2

Abstract

A sterilization basket, sterilization basket system and container system. The sterilization basket is insertible into and removable from a container well. At least one basket handle is mounted movably on a basket side wall. The handle has a gripping portion, which is connected to a bearing portion via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, on which bearing portion the handle is held on a bearing on the wall of the basket and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixing position. The sterilization basket also has at least one fixing and/or pressing portion or element, which is spaced from the gripping portion and mounted on the basket side wall and is movable and/or deformable by a selected movement of the handle from the basket side wall in the direction outside the sterilization basket to bear against a container well.

Inventors

Matthias Henke
Sebastian Luz
Ramona Kutscher
Mariana Jakab

Assignees

AESCULAP AG

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20211118
Priority Date: 20201124

Claims (14)

1 . A sterilization sieve basket, which is provided and configured for insertion into and removal from a container tray, wherein at least one sieve basket handle is movably mounted on at least one sieve basket side wall, the sieve basket handle having a gripping portion which is connected, via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, to a bearing portion on which the sieve basket handle is held on a bearing on a side of the sieve basket wall and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixed position, wherein the sterilization sieve basket further comprises at least one fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element spaced from the gripping portion and supported on the at least one sieve basket side wall and movable and/or deformable by selected movement of the sieve basket handle away from the sieve basket side wall in a direction toward an outside of the sterilization sieve basket such that the at least one fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element abuts against a container tray, wherein the sieve basket handle is configured as a two-sided lever and is pivotably hinged about a pivot joint with a rotational axis, and the sieve basket handle comprises the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or the element spaced from the rotational axis and the gripping portion spaced from the rotational axis for manual gripping of the sieve basket handle, wherein the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element is arranged on one side of the rotational axis and the gripping portion is arranged on another side of the rotational axis, so that a pivoting movement of the gripping portion causes a pivoting movement of the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element about the rotational axis in the same direction.
2 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 , wherein a recess is formed in the at least one sieve basket side wall in an area of the at least one sieve basket handle, through which the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or the element is movable and/or deformed by selected movement of the sieve basket handle in the direction toward the outside of the sterilization sieve basket.
3 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 , wherein the sieve basket handle is configured in the form of a straight lever, and/or a perpendicular distance between the gripping portion and the rotational axis is greater by a multiple greater than a perpendicular distance between the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element and the rotational axis in order to form an effective lever arm.
4 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 , wherein the sieve basket handle comprises a plurality of fixing portions and/or press-on portions or elements, which have an equal perpendicular distance between the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element on the one hand and the rotational axis on the other hand.
5 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or the element comprises an attachment with inherent elasticity, and the attachment is coupleable to the fixing portion.
6 . A sterilization sieve basket, which is provided and configured for insertion into and removal from a container tray, wherein at least one sieve basket handle is movably mounted on at least one sieve basket side wall, the sieve basket handle having a gripping portion which is connected, via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, to a bearing portion on which the sieve basket handle is held on a bearing on a side of the sieve basket wall and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixed position, wherein the sterilization sieve basket further comprises at least one fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element spaced from the gripping portion and supported on the at least one sieve basket side wall and movable and/or deformable by selected movement of the sieve basket handle away from the sieve basket side wall in a direction toward an outside of the sterilization sieve basket such that the at least one fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element abuts against a container tray, wherein the sterilization sieve basket comprises at least one extension module of the sieve basket handle, which has the bearing, the sieve basket handle mounted in the bearing and an extension structure, and wherein the extension module is fastened to the sieve basket wall as a separate module by the extension structure in a form-fitting and/or material-fitting manner.
7 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 6 , wherein the sterilization sieve basket has at two opposite rim/edge portions, a respective sieve basket handle and an associated fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element to be movable and/or deformable in the selected movement in opposite directions, respectively, outside of the sterilization sieve basket.
8 . A sterilization sieve basket system comprising: the sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 ; and a sterilization sieve basket lid.
9 . A container system comprising a container and a sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 , wherein the sterilization sieve basket is insertable into a container tray of the container and is adapted in such a way that the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or the element in the fixed position abuts an inner wall of the container tray and braces the sterilization sieve basket against the container tray and thus positionally fixes and secures the sterilization sieve basket in the container.
10 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 1 , wherein the sieve basket handle is pivotably mounted on the at least one sieve basket side wall.
11 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 2 , wherein the fixing portion and/or press-on portion or the element that is movable and/or deformable by the selected movement of the sieve basket handle projects outward in the fixed position relative to the sieve basket side wall.
12 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 7 , wherein the associated fixing portion and/or press-on portion or element protrude outward in the fixed position relative to an outer side of the sieve basket wall in two opposite directions.
13 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 5 , wherein the attachment comprises rubber, silicone and/or plastic as material or consists of rubber, silicone or plastic as material.
14 . The sterilization sieve basket according to claim 5 , wherein the attachment is attachable and/or chippable onto the fixing portion.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) This application is the United States national stage entry of International Application No. PCT/EP2021/082180, filed Nov. 18, 2021, and claims priority to German Application No. 10 2020 131 104.4, filed Nov. 24, 2020. The contents of International Application No. PCT/EP2021/082180 and German Application No. 10 2020 131 104.4 are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties. FIELD The present invention relates to a sterilization sieve basket/a sterilization screen basket/a sterilization basket tray/a screen basket tray, in particular a sterilization sieve basket, which is provided and configured for insertion into and removal from a container tray, for which purpose at least one, preferably bow-shaped or arched, sieve basket handle is movably, in particular pivotably, mounted on at least one sieve basket side wall which has a gripping portion for manual gripping, which is connected, via a connection web/bar oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, to a bearing portion, on which the sieve basket handle is held on a bearing on the side of the sieve basket wall and is movable, in particular pivotably, into at least one (first) carrying position/carrying state/gripping state and into a (second) fixed position/fixed state/securing position. The invention also relates to a sterilization sieve basket system and a sterile container system. BACKGROUND In healthcare, medical products that come into direct contact with the human body pose a particular risk of infection for the patient. In order to achieve the best possible protection of the patient from infections caused by medical products, high demands are made on the hygienic status of medical products. Critical medical products are required to be sterile, wherein a sterile medical product is free of organisms capable of reproduction, including being free of spores capable of reproduction. For reuse, the products are appropriately processed and sterilized. Common sterilization processes include heat sterilization processes, either via moist heat or via hot air, low-temperature gas processes, for example ethylene oxide processes, or disinfection processes using aqueous solutions. In these processes, (thermostable) medical products are placed in a sterilization screen basket/sterilization sieve basket/a sterilization basket tray/a screen basket tray for sterilization and are subjected to the corresponding process. In order to prevent light or small instruments from being thrown out of the sterilization sieve basket or leaving it unintentionally due to other circumstances, in particular during a washing process, and in order to prevent medical products from falling out during transport in sterile barrier systems or on transport trolleys, the sterilization sieve basket is usually provided with an associated, matching sieve basket lid and together forms a sterilization sieve basket system. This closes the sterilization sieve basket and prevents the medical products from leaving the sterilization sieve basket due to its geometry. Normally, a sieve basket lid is placed or respectively put loosely on the sterilization sieve basket for a sterilization sieve basket system with a sterilization sieve basket. Hereafter, two pivotable sieve basket handles of the sterilization sieve basket—which are attached to two opposite inner side surfaces of the sterilization sieve basket, and which were in an upper pivot position/position facing away (gripping position or carrying position) relative to the sterilization sieve basket when the sieve basket lid was placed on it, and which allowed the sieve basket lid to be placed on it—are pivoted downward onto the attached sieve basket lid and finally rest loosely on the sieve basket lid. According to the prior art, sterilization sieve baskets or sterilization sieve basket systems serve to hold medical or surgical instruments throughout the entire sterile goods cycle, which are packed into a sterile barrier system during a packing process on a clean side of a reprocessing unit for medical products (RUMED/CSSD formerly also called central sterile services department), wherein containers/sterile containers are usually used as the sterile barrier system. Such a sterile container comprises a container tray and a matching container lid, wherein a filter is usually inserted in the container lid in an opening of the container lid in order to provide a defined connection to the external environment with the interposition of the filter with respect to the otherwise hermetically sealed sterile container. In order to be able to place or arrange the sterilization sieve basket or the sterilization sieve basket system in a sterile container, it is generally necessary for the sterilization sieve basket to have smaller geometric outer dimensions than an inner side of the sterile container, since otherwise the sterilization sieve basket would rest on a rim of the sterile container. In other words, the ster