Patent ID: 9649397
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A61L

Claim:
1. A sterilizer for medical instruments, comprising: a sterilization chamber defining an inner space configured for containing medical instruments and pressurised sterilization fluid and a main extension axis; a hatch configured to hermetically seal the inner space; a closure system configured to firmly constrain said hatch to said sterilization chamber, comprising at least one discharge valve configured for placing said inner space in connection for fluid passage with an outside space and at least one engagement tooth; and a control unit configured to control both said at least one discharge valve, and said closure system, wherein said closure system defining wherein said control unit also comprises a maneuvering member kinematically connected to said at least one engagement tooth so as to move said at least one engagement tooth along an actuation direction transverse to said main extension axis, wherein, in said closed configuration, said at least one engagement tooth protrudes from said hatch engaging at least one housing made in said sterilization chamber and that in said open configuration, said at least one engagement tooth is substantially totally housed in said hatch, said maneuvering member is kinematically connected to said at least one discharge valve so that, depending on the movement of said maneuvering member, the opening or closing of said at least one discharge valve is selectively commanded.