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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1986
Jerry L Spence, Kirkland, WA (US);
Instrumed, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
Closures for a sterilization container system comprising at least one band of shrinkable material encircling the base and lid of a sterilization container system. The closures are formed from a shrinkable material which, when exposed to a shrinking agent, shrinks to pull said lid and base tightly against each other for the goal of providing a microorganism proof seal to prevent the entry of microorganisms into the interior of the sterilization container system. Also disclosed are the method of using the closures to achieve that goal, and the method of using at least one agent which simultaneously shrinks the at least one band of shrinkable material and sterilizes the sterilization container system and its contents.