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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Jean-yves Porret, Gieres, FR;
Hubert Jansen, Stolberg, DE;
Jean-Yves Porret, Gieres, FR;
Hubert Jansen, Stolberg, DE;
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a package () for sterilized products or products to be sterilized comprising a plastic box () and a lid () fixed on the box () to seal the latter with a tight sealing zone. The invention is characterized in that the lid () comprises: a plastic cover sheet () transparent for electronic irradiation and for light radiation; at least a window () provided in the cover sheet (); at least a sheet of selectively sealing material () integral with said cover sheet () and closing the window (); and an opaque screen () for at least an electronic irradiation passing through the cover sheet or the selectively sealing material, said screen extending inside the package (), proximate to the cover sheet (), so as to allow through a sterilizing gas, for example ethylene oxide (ETO) or water vapor, through the selectively sealing material ().