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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Joseph A. Cesa, Cumming, GA (US);
Laureen C. Clark, Johns Creek, GA (US);
John K. Clay, Milford, CT (US);
Steven Scott Friderich, Roswell, GA (US);
Sean P. Gorman, Cumming, GA (US);
David Hernandez, Mableton, GA (US);
Denise E. O'connor, Elizabeth Bay, AU;
Corinna Schwarz, Roswell, GA (US);
Tara Denise Smith, Marietta, GA (US);
James Troy Starkey, North Haven, CT (US);
Daniel P. Sterling, Norwalk, CT (US);
Joseph A. Cesa, Cumming, GA (US);
Laureen C. Clark, Johns Creek, GA (US);
John K. Clay, Milford, CT (US);
Steven Scott Friderich, Roswell, GA (US);
Sean P. Gorman, Cumming, GA (US);
David Hernandez, Mableton, GA (US);
Denise E. O'Connor, Elizabeth Bay, AU;
Corinna Schwarz, Roswell, GA (US);
Tara Denise Smith, Marietta, GA (US);
James Troy Starkey, North Haven, CT (US);
Daniel P. Sterling, Norwalk, CT (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A non-reusable, locking container for sterilizing and storing surgical materials and presenting surgical materials in a sterilized condition. The non-reusable, locking sterilization container includes a tray, a lid, a permeable filter, a non-reusable lock and a frangible release that limit the container to only a single sterilization cycle or single use.