Patent ID: 8627972
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A61B,A61L,B23K,B65D

Abstract:
1. Lower container part of a sterile container, said lower container part being closable by an upper container part of the sterile container, said lower container part and said upper container part defining, in a closed position, a container interior, a sealing device being held on said lower container part for gastight or germ-proof sealing of the sterile container in the closed position, said sealing device comprising a circumferential sealing element bearing against the lower container part and adapted to be placed against the upper container part, said sealing element comprising a lower container part sealing section with a lower container part sealing surface region bearing against the lower container part, and an upper container part sealing section with an upper container part sealing surface region adapted to be placed against the upper container part, and said sealing device being of a two-part design, and further comprising, in addition to the sealing element as a first part, a pretensioning device for exerting a pretensioning force on at least the upper container part sealing section in a direction away from the lower container part as a second part, wherein a sealing function of the sealing device is separated into two functions, a pretensioning function performed by the pretensioning device and a bearing function performed by the sealing element.