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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2011
Applicant:
David Robert Mason, Southend-on Sea, GB;
Inventor:
David Robert Mason, Southend-on Sea, GB;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/026 (2013.01); A61B 19/0287 (2013.01); A61B 2019/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2019/0245 (2013.01); A61B 2019/343 (2013.01); A61B 2019/024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A container () is provided for housing a medical accessory (), such as a valve of a flexible medical endoscope, during processing (cleaning and high level disinfection) thereof following its use on a patient. The container () has a closure mechanism () comprising first and second complementary members () adapted to engage with one another. Once engaged, the first and second complementary members () cannot be disengaged from one another without the container () breaking. The container () is thus suitable only for single use, so as to prevent cross-contamination, and to comply with appropriate public health guidelines.