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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Matthias Henke, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Sebastian Luz, Emmingen-Liptingen, DE;
Ramona Kutscher, Geisingen, DE;
Mariana Jakab, Tuttlingen, DE;
Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, DE;
Abstract
A sterilization basket, sterilization basket system and container system. The sterilization basket is insertible into and removable from a container well. At least one basket handle is mounted movably on a basket side wall. The handle has a gripping portion, which is connected to a bearing portion via a connection web oriented at an angle to the gripping portion, on which bearing portion the handle is held on a bearing on the wall of the basket and is movable into at least one carrying position and into a fixing position. The sterilization basket also has at least one fixing and/or pressing portion or element, which is spaced from the gripping portion and mounted on the basket side wall and is movable and/or deformable by a selected movement of the handle from the basket side wall in the direction outside the sterilization basket to bear against a container well.