Patent ID: 7914751
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. Sterile container for receiving and storing surgical instruments or surgical material under sterile conditions, comprising: a receiving space formed by a container bottom and container walls, a lid for closing the receiving space, a sterile barrier defining a single flow path establishing a single fluid connection between the receiving space and an environment outside of the sterile container, the flow path comprising a sterile flow path when the sterile container is in a sterile position and an overpressure flow path when the sterile container is in an overpressure position, a gas flow cross section of the sterile flow path being alterable for formation of the overpressure flow path, the single fluid connection being common to the sterile flow path and the overpressure flow path; wherein: the overpressure flow path is closed when the sterile container is in the sterile position in which an exchange of gas between the receiving space and the environment outside of the sterile container is only possible through the sterile flow path, and the overpressure flow path is at least partially open when the sterile container is in the overpressure position in which a pressure difference between pressures prevailing in the receiving space and in the environment outside of the sterile container exceeds a minimum pressure difference.