Seal-rupturing Devices Patents (Class 292/243)
  • Patent number: 8623289
    Abstract: A non-reusable, locking container for sterilizing and storing surgical materials and presenting surgical materials in a sterilized condition. The non-reusable, locking sterilization container includes a tray, a lid, a permeable filter, a non-reusable lock and a frangible release that limit the container to only a single sterilization cycle or single use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Cesa, Laureen C. Clark, John K. Clay, Steven Scott Friderich, Sean P. Gorman, David Hernandez, Denise E. O'Connor, Corinna Schwarz, Tara Denise Smith, James Troy Starkey, Daniel P. Sterling