Abstract: A method for handling sterile-material container systems, in particular for separating sterile-material container systems, includes the steps of removing sterile-material containers located in a container transport cart one after the other, and opening the containers. A filter holder is removed from a container lid of each sterile-material container. Used filter inserts arranged in the filter holder are removed. The emptied filter holder is replaced back on the container lid, and the container lid is placed on a conveyor belt. A strainer basket with used medical instruments is removed from a container tub of the sterile goods container and placed on the conveyor belt. These steps, which can be fully-automatic or semi-automatic, are repeated until the container transport cart is completely empty. The emptied container transport cart is then transported to a cleaning station. The method can be carried out by a sterile-material container handling device.

Abstract: A handling tool is configured for gripping and/or handling medical equipment, preferably a container, more preferably a sterilization container. The handling tool includes a carriage and two prongs that are spaced apart in parallel and extend in a longitudinal direction at a right angle away from the carriage. Each prong has a container-placement/grasping side, on which a number of receiving projections, which are spaced apart longitudinally, are formed or arranged. The projections extend in a vertical direction with respect to the container-placement/grasping side. A system includes the medical handling tool and a medical container.

Abstract: A transport device for transporting a sterile-product container a includes a trolley and support elements on a first level and on a second level. A receptacle is storable on the support elements. A lifting support is arrangeable in a first position such that the receptacle is movable back and forth between the support elements of the first level and the lifting support. The lifting support is arrangeable in a second position such that the receptacle is movable back and forth between the support elements of the second level and the lifting support. The transport device also includes a guide extending transversely to the first and second levels. The guide guides the lifting support from the first position into the second position. The transport device further includes a drive, by which the lifting support is movable along the guide from the first position into the second position.

Abstract: A handling system for sterile goods containers, in particular for automatically opening sterile goods containers, includes at least one tool apparatus for opening sterile goods containers. The at least one tool apparatus has at least one first tool element for being brought into engagement with a locking bracket mounted on a sterile goods container lid of a sterile goods container so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis, and in a storage position is oriented in parallel or substantially in parallel with a lid top side of the sterile goods container lid for locking the sterile goods container lid on a sterile goods container tray of the sterile goods container in a closing position. The first tool element has a lifting wedge for engaging under the locking bracket. The handling system can be used in a method for machine handling of sterile goods containers.

Abstract: A handling tool is configured for gripping and/or handling medical equipment, preferably a container, more preferably a sterilization container. The handling tool includes a carriage and two prongs that are spaced apart in parallel and extend in a longitudinal direction at a right angle away from the carriage. Each prong has a container-placement/grasping side, on which a number of receiving projections, which are spaced apart longitudinally, are formed or arranged. The projections extend in a vertical direction with respect to the container-placement/grasping side. A system includes the medical handling tool and a medical container.

Abstract: A device for automatically identifying medical and/or surgical items includes a capturing apparatus that has and/or uses at least one scanner unit and a detector such that the medical and/or surgical items are located between the scanner unit and the detector at least briefly during automated identification. An imaging and computing unit is preferably located on/in a housing. The at least one scanner unit is a source of electromagnetic radiation. The imaging and computing unit is configured to detect and to output, preferably postoperatively and/or intraoperatively, the completeness of the medical and/or surgical items and/or the absence of at least one medical and/or surgical item. The device can be part of an identification system.

Abstract: A sterilizing container for medical purposes, in particular for medical instruments and the like, includes a base, a cover, a closure unit having a closure element and an actuation element, an energy store, and a control unit designed to control the actuation element by actuation energy stored in the energy store in such a way that the actuation element actuates the closure element. The control unit has a receiver designed to receive actuation signals that trigger actuation of the actuation element. The control unit also has a transmitter designed to send status signals containing information relating to a status of the closure unit. The sterilizing container is designed to secure the cover to the base by actuating the closure element by the actuation element. A control device can externally control the control unit. The sterilizing container and the control device can be parts of a system.

Abstract: A sterilizing container for medical purposes includes a base and a lid fastenable to the base. When the lid is closed, the base and lid define an inner region of the sterilizing container. A media exchange mechanism is designed, when the lid is closed, to selectively open and close at least one fluid-mechanical connection between the inner region and a surrounding environment. A control device is designed to control the media exchange mechanism. The sterilizing container has a ventilation device designed to convey a medium in the inner region and/or in the surrounding environment of the sterilizing container to the media exchange mechanism. The control device is designed to control the media exchange mechanism and the ventilation device in such a way that the at least one fluid-mechanical connection is open when a medium is conveyed. A control device can externally control the control device of the sterilizing container.

Abstract: An unlocking apparatus for unlocking locking devices of at least two medical ring instruments, and a sieve basket. The locking devices include cooperating locking elements, and the unlocking apparatus includes a first receiving body with at least two ring receptacles for accommodating first rings of the at least two ring instruments. The unlocking apparatus includes an unlocking body with at least two unlocking elements cooperating with second rings of the at least two ring instruments. The unlocking body and the receiving body are movable relative to one another in an actuating direction such that the at least two unlocking elements engage on and move the second rings relative to the first rings in an unlocking direction that is transverse, in particular perpendicular, to a first ring plane and to a second ring plane for transferring the locking devices from a locked position into an unlocked position.

Abstract: An unlocking apparatus for unlocking locking devices of at least two medical ring instruments, and a sieve basket. The locking devices include cooperating locking elements, and the unlocking apparatus includes a first receiving body with at least two ring receptacles for accommodating first rings of the at least two ring instruments. The unlocking apparatus includes an unlocking body with at least two unlocking elements cooperating with second rings of the at least two ring instruments. The unlocking body and the receiving body are movable relative to one another in an actuating direction such that the at least two unlocking elements engage on and move the second rings relative to the first rings in an unlocking direction that is transverse, in particular perpendicular, to a first ring plane and to a second ring plane for transferring the locking devices from a locked position into an unlocked position.

Abstract: A reference test body for monitoring and/or verifying test conditions during a test of microbial barrier properties of at least one product, wherein the reference test body has a cavity, a nutrient medium, at least one opening, and at least one cover provided with a number of holes and covering the at least one opening. A constancy of test conditions can be monitored in this way. The invention further relates to an associated use, an associated test chamber, and an associated method.

Abstract: A test chamber for the microbial and/or a particulate barrier testing of a number of products, the test chamber having a test space which has, at least along a straight section, an inner extent of at least 1.5 m. As a result, a particularly homogeneous microbe and/or particle distribution is achieved. The invention also relates to an associated use and to an associated method.

Abstract: A reference test body for monitoring and/or verifying test conditions during a test of microbial barrier properties of at least one product, wherein the reference test body has a cavity, a nutrient medium, at least one opening, and at least one cover provided with a number of holes and covering the at least one opening. A constancy of test conditions can be monitored in this way. The invention further relates to an associated use, an associated test chamber, and an associated method.