Patent ID: 7285253
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. A vessel for high-temperature high-pressure steam sterilization for accommodating an endoscope having a flexible inserting portion and an integral operating portion and for performing high-temperature high-pressure steam sterilization, the vessel comprising: a tray having a first accommodating section in which the operating portion can be positioned and accommodated; a lid member which can be selectively set in a closed state to cover at least a part of the first accommodating section and in an open state to expose the first accommodating section as a whole with respect to the tray, the lid member having a second accommodating section capable of accommodating the flexible inserting portion; wherein the second accommodating section is provided in the surface of the lid member that is on a reverse side of a surface opposing the first accommodating section when the lid member is in the closed state to cover the first accommodating section.