NL2026502B1 - A box for storing and/or transporting surgical items - Google Patents

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NL2026502B1
NL2026502B1 NL2026502A NL2026502A NL2026502B1 NL 2026502 B1 NL2026502 B1 NL 2026502B1 NL 2026502 A NL2026502 A NL 2026502A NL 2026502 A NL2026502 A NL 2026502A NL 2026502 B1 NL2026502 B1 NL 2026502B1
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Van Straten Niels
Horeman Tim
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Abstract

A box (1) for storing and/or transporting surgical items (2), comprising a box body (3) and a matching box cover (4), wherein the box (1) is arranged for receiving a storage holder (11) equipped. to keep a set (2) of surgical items in said storage holder (11), wherein the storage holder (11) is configured to be pressurized at an above—atmospheric pressure.

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A box for storing and/or transporting surgical items The invention relates to the field of logistics of surgical instruments.
More particularly, the invention relates to a box for transporting and/or storing surgical instruments, particularly but not only after sterilization of the instruments.
After every surgical operation the used surgical instruments are disinfected and sterilized.
The process of disinfection and sterilization takes place in a Central Sterilization Department (CSD). After the disinfection step and before the sterilization step, the surgical instruments are packed in special steam permeable sterilization paper, usually made of polypropylene.
The packed surgical instruments are then sterilized in a sterilizer (autoclave) and stored in a sterile storage room ready to be used.
After being used in an Operating Room (OR), the contaminated surgical instruments are returned to the CSD and the process starts again.
Another known way of sterilizing used surgical instruments is to place the surgical instruments in boxes, made of stainless steel or aluminum, wherein sterilizing air or steam is introduced through a special filter in order to sterilize the surgical instruments.
However, such a filter needs to be regularly replaced interfering with the operational availability of such boxes.
The current way of routing surgical instruments involves a complex logistics and stock management.
The CSD can be located inside or outside the hospital where the operation room is located.
Some independent treatment centers or private clinics, for example, do not have a CSD themselves and outsource the disinfection and the sterilization process, further contributing to the complexity of the logistics and stock management of such surgical instruments.
The current way of routing the surgical instruments presents a number of limitations and/or drawbacks, to note: — The sterile surgical instruments must be stored in a designated sterile area, usually equipped with a laminar airflow.
- 2 = — This entails additional costs for the design, construction and maintenance. — A sterile storage takes up a lot of space. — The containers have no sterility indicator and can oxidize over time.
This in turn has adverse effects for the disinfecting washing machines. — The functionality of the filters must be regularly checked and validated, incurring additional costs. — Currently logistics/transport takes place by means of general distribution/shipment containers, available from logistics traders, and have no further medical quality marks.
The present invention aims to overcome the above disadvantages and to provide a new solution for storage and/or logistics of a sterilized set of surgical instruments, or at the very least the current invention aims to provide a useful alternative for storing and/or transporting sterilized surgical items.
To this end a box and a method for handling sterilized surgical items is proposed having the features of one or more of the appended claims.
According to a first aspect of the invention the box comprises a box body and a matching box cover, wherein the box is arranged for receiving a storage holder equipped to keep a set of packed sterilized surgical items in the storage holder, and wherein the storage holder is configured to be pressurized at an above-atmospheric pressure.
It will be appreciated that “above-atmospheric” is understood to be a pressure exceeding the local environmental pressure in which the box subsists.
The set of packed sterilized surgical items is usually embodied as a tray holding one or more surgical instruments, which are sterilized and subsequently packed.
The set of packed sterilized surgical items is thereafter placed in the storage holder, which is subsequently pressurized.
The storage holder can thus provide a sterile storage wherein the sterilized surgical items can maintain their sterile condition as long as the overpressure in the storage holder remains.
The box, containing the storage holder, can be kept in a generic, less expensive, and non-sterile internal or
- 3 = external storage. When the box and the storage holder are opened the sterile surgical instruments can be taken out and removed from their packing and are ready for use in the operation room. The storage holder is for single use and it is disposed after the surgical instruments are removed therefrom. After the surgical operation, the contaminated surgical instruments are placed back in the box, the box is closed using for instance tie wraps and/or separate snap finger clips at each corner, and the box can then be sent back to the CSD properly closed and secured. The box, together with the contaminated surgical instruments, are then systematically disinfected in a disinfecting washing machine. The box can then be reused for receipt of a new storage holder in which a new set of sterilized surgical instruments can be placed.
To facilitate the above process, it is preferable that the box cover comprises a reversibly movable locking plate, which defines an inner volume of the box together with the box body, wherein the inner volume is tailored to receive the storage holder.
In one embodiment of the invention, the storage holder is a flexible bag, although this is not the only option.
Preferably the storage holder comprises an air- impermeable material, and is provided with a closable open end for placing the set of packed sterilized surgical items inside said bag.
More suitably, the storage holder is configured to be pressurized by receiving a gas. Pressurization of the storage holder occurs preferably through a lockable valve, wherein said lockable valve is configured to fit through an opening in a wall of the box body, such that it remains accessible from the outside of the box. The gas is preferably micro-organism destructive. The gas may be introduced into the storage holder unfiltered such as directly from a cleanroom via a pump.
However, in order to guarantee the cleanliness of the gas pumped inside the storage holder also outside of cleanroom conditions, the box maybe arranged so that a gas filter can be placed between the bag and the pump (e.g. a standard 0.2 micron hydrophobic or hydrophilic air filter). Possibly, this
- 4 - filter is provided as part of an inlet or valve of the storage holder.
Advantageously, the storage holder comprises a plurality of chambers configured to immobilize the set of packed surgical items, when the storage holder is pressurized. This has the benefit of fixing the set of packed surgical items inside the box.
More advantageously, the storage holder is configured to engage the locking plate when said storage holder is pressurized, causing movement of the locking plate towards the box cover.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the locking plate comprises at least one upper protrusion, and/or at least one flexible lateral protrusion.
Suitably, the box body and the box cover comprise a series of openings, wherein said openings are configured to be coaxially aligned when the storage box is assembled.
More suitably, the at least one flexible protrusion of the locking plate is configured to lock the box body with the matching box cover by protruding through the series of openings of the box body and the box cover when the storage holder is pressurized, wherein the storage holder engaging the locking plate causes movement of the locking plate towards the box cover. Equally, the at least one flexible protrusion of the locking plate is configured to unlock the box body and the matching box cover by retracting from the series of openings of the box body and the box cover when the storage holder is depressurized, causing the movement of the locking plate away from the box cover.
It is beneficial that the protrusion level of the at least one protrusion into the series of openings of the box body and the box cover is dependent on a pressure level in the storage holder.
In an advantageous aspect of the invention, the at least one upper protrusion of the locking panel is configured to protrude into at least one upper opening of the box cover. The protrusion level of the at least one upper protrusion into the at least one upper opening of the box cover is dependent on the movement of the locking plate caused by the pressure
— 5 = level in the storage holder engaging the locking plate. This simplifies the verification of the pressure level inside the box since a quick visual inspection of the level of protrusion of said upper protrusion is enough for verifying the pressure level inside the storage holder, and in consequence, verifying the integrity of the sterilization of the items stored inside the storage holder. For safe transport and storage of the boxes and the sterilized surgical items therein, the box comprises at least one bumper made of silicone or EPDM rubber, provided to an outer and/or inner surface of the box body and/or the box cover. This prevents the stored items from sliding during transport.
The invention is also embodied in a method of using the box, for storing and/or transporting sterilized items, comprising the steps of: — placing the sterilized items in the storage holder through a closable open end of said storage holder; — closing the open end; — placing the storage holder holding the sterilized items inside the box body; — covering the box body with the matching box cover; — locking the box cover with the box body; and — pumping a gas inside the storage holder through a lockable valve accessible through a wall of the box body so as to pressurize the storage holder. Advantageously, the method also comprises the step of monitoring a pressure level inside the storage holder by: — visually monitoring the level of protrusion of the at least one flexible protrusion through the series of openings of the box body and the box cover; and/or — visually monitoring the level of protrusion of at least one upper protrusion of the locking plate through at least on upper opening of the box cover.
The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of an exemplary embodiment of a deskinning apparatus according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims.
In the drawing:
- 6 — — figure 1 shows an exploded view of the box and its components; — figure 2 shows an assembled box; — figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of an assembled box; — figure 4 shows a closed-up cross-sectional view of the a top corner of an assembled box; — figure 5 shows a closed-up bird-eye view of the a top corner of an assembled box; — figure 6 shows a cross-sectional view of the box cover and a bottom of a box body of two stacked boxes.
Whenever in the figures the same reference numerals are applied, these numerals refer to the same parts.
Figure 1 shows a box 1 according to the invention comprising a box body 3, a box cover 4, a locking plate 7, and a storage holder 11 for holding a set 2 of packed sterilized surgical items. The locking plate 7 is removably attachable to the box cover 4 and the box body 3. The storage holder 11, holding the set 2 of packed sterilized surgical items, is tailored to fit inside the box body 3 below the locking plate
7. The locking plate 7 comprises upper protrusions 8 designed to protrude through upper openings 6 of the box cover 4 when the box 1 is assembled. The locking plate 7 also comprises flexible protrusions 9 designed to protrude through openings 5, 5’ of the box cover 4 and through openings 5” of box body 3 as depicted in figures 2 and 3.
In figure 4 it can be further observed that the box cover 4 comprises outer later openings 5’ and inner openings 5 that are coaxially aligned with the openings 5% of the box body 3 when the box is assembled.
When the storage holder 11 is pressurized, as depicted in figure 3, it engages and presses against the box body 3 and more importantly, it also engages and presses against the locking plate 7 causing said locking plate 7 to move towards the box cover 4. In consequence, the flexible protrusions 9 will protrude through the aforementioned openings 5, 5’, 5” of the box body 3 and the box cover 4, respectively.
Further the upper protrusions 8 on the locking plate
- 7 = 7 will protrude through the aforementioned upper openings 6 of the box cover 4, caused by the storage holder 11 engaging the locking plate 7 and pressing it to move towards the box cover
4. This latter mechanism creates a visual indicator of the overpressure still being present inside the storage holder 11, since the extent of protrusion through the openings 6 is dependent on the pressure level inside the storage holder 11, as depicted in figure 5. Accordingly this provides a visual indicator of the integrity of the sterilization of the surgical items 2 held inside the storage holder 11. A visual indication of the overpressure inside the storage holder 11 can also be derived from the extent at which the flexible protrusions 9 will protrude through the openings 5, 5’, 5” of the box body 3 and the box cover 4, respectively.
The stackability of the box 1 is depicted in figure
6. The outer bottom face of the box body 3 form-fits the outer upper face of the box cover 4. In figure 6 this is portrayed by the box body 3 comprising a male part, and the box cover 4 comprising a female part of a male-female connector.
Naturally, the reverse is also possible.
Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiment of the box of the invention, the invention is not restricted to this particular embodiment which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiment shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiment is merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to this exemplary embodiment. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using this exemplary embodiment.
Aspects of the invention are itemized in the following section.
1. A box (1) for storing and/or transporting surgical items (2), comprising a box body (3) and a matching box cover
- 8 - (4), characterized in that the box (1) is arranged for receiving a storage holder (11) equipped to keep a set (2) of surgical items in said storage holder (11), wherein the storage holder (11) is configured to be pressurized at an above-atmospheric pressure.
2. The box (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the box cover (4) comprises a reversibly movable locking plate (7), which defines an inner volume of the box (1) together with the box body (3), wherein the inner volume is tailored to receive the storage holder (11).
3. The box (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the storage holder (11) comprises an air-impermeable material, and is provided with a closable open end (13) for placing the set (2) of surgical items inside the storage holder (11).
4. The box (1) according to anyone of claims 1-3, characterized in that the storage holder (11) is configured to be pressurized by receiving a gas through a lockable valve (14).
5. The box (1) according to anyone of claims 1-4, characterized in that the storage holder (11) comprises a filter.
6. The box (1) according claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the lockable valve (14) is configured to fit through an opening (15) of the box body (3).
7. The box {1) according to anyone of claims 1-6, characterized in that the storage holder (11) comprises a plurality of chambers (12) configured to immobilize the set (2) of surgical items when the storage holder (11) is pressurized.
8. The box (1) according to anyone of claims 1-7, characterized in that the storage holder (11) is configured to engage the locking plate (7) when said storage holder (11) is pressurized, causing movement of the locking plate (7) towards the box cover (4).
9. The box (1) according to anyone of claims 2-8, characterized in that the locking plate (7) comprises at least one upper protrusion (8), and/or at least one flexible lateral protrusion (9).
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10. The box (1) according to anyone of claims 1-9, characterized in that the box body (3) comprises at least one lateral opening (5), and the box cover (4) comprises at least one outer opening (5') and/or at least one inner opening (57), wherein said openings (5, 57, 57) are configured to be coaxially aligned when the storage box (1) is assembled.
11. The box (1) according to any one of claims 1-10, characterized in that the at least one flexible protrusion (9) of the locking plate (7) is configured to lock the box body {3) with the matching box cover (4) by protruding through the at least one lateral opening (5) of the box body (3) and the at least one outer and/or inner opening (5", 5”) of the box cover (4) when the storage holder (11) is pressurized, wherein the storage holder (11) engaging the locking plate (7) causes movement of the locking plate (7) towards the box cover (4).
12. The box (1) according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that the at least one flexible protrusion (9) of the locking plate (7) is configured to unlock the box body (3) and the matching box cover (4) by retracting from the at least one lateral opening (5) of the box body (3) and the at least one outer and/or inner opening (57, 5”) of the box cover (4) when the storage holder (11) is depressurized, causing the movement of the locking plate (7) away from the box cover (4).
13. The box (1) according to any one of claims 1-12, characterized in that the protrusion level of the at least one protrusion (9) into the at least one lateral opening (5) of the box body (3) and into the at least one outer and/or inner opening (5, 5”) of box cover (4) is dependent on a pressure level in the storage holder (11).
14. The box (1) according to any one of claims 1-13, characterized in that the at least one upper protrusion (8) of the locking panel (7) is configured to protrude into at least one upper opening (6) of the box cover (4).
15. The box (1) according to any one of claims 1-14, characterized in that the protrusion level of the at least one upper protrusion (8) into the at least one upper opening (6) of the box cover (4) is dependent on the movement of the locking plate (7) caused by the pressure level in the storage holder (11) engaging the locking plate (7).
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16. The box (1) according to any of the preceding claims 1-15, characterized in that the box (1) comprises at least one bumper, such as made of silicone or EPDM rubber, provided to an outer and/or inner surface of the box body (3) and/or the box cover (4).
17. Assembly of two or more boxes (1) according to any one of claims 1-16, characterized in that an upper side (17) of any box (1) is configured to stackably form-fit a lower side (18) of any other box (1).
18. Method for using a box (1) for storing and/or transporting sterilized surgical items (2) wherein the box (1) comprises: — a box body (3); — a matching box cover {4) comprising a reversibly movable locking plate (7); and — a storage holder (11) comprising an air-impermeable material; characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: — placing the set (2) of sterilized surgical items in the storage holder (11) through a closable open end (13) of said storage holder (11); — closing the open end (13); — placing the storage holder (11) holding the set (2) of sterilized surgical items inside the box body (3); — covering the box body (3) with the matching box cover (4); — locking the box cover (4) with the box body (3); and — pumping a gas inside the storage holder (11) through a lockable valve (14) accessible through a wall of the box body (3) so as to pressurize the storage holder (11).
19. Method for using a box (1) according to claim 15, wherein the locking plate (7) comprises at least one flexible protrusion (9) protruding through at least one lateral opening {5) of the box body (3) and through at least one opening (5, 5”) of the box cover (4), characterized in that the method comprises the step of monitoring a pressure level inside the storage holder (11) by: — monitoring the level of protrusion of the at least one flexible protrusion (9) through the at least one opening
- 11 - (5) of the box body (3) and the at least one lateral opening (5, 5”) of the box cover (4); and/or — monitoring the level of protrusion of at least one upper protrusion (8) of the locking plate (7) through at least an upper opening (6) of the box cover (4).

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- 12 — CONCLUSIES- 12 — CONCLUSIONS 1. Doos (1) voor het bewaren en/of transporteren van chirurgische items (2), omvattende een dooslichaam (3) en een bijpassend doosdeksel (4), met het kenmerk, dat de doos (1) is ingericht voor het opnemen van een opslaghouder (11) uitgerust om een set (2) chirurgische items in genoemde opslaghouder (11) te bewaren, waarbij de opslaghouder (11) geconfigureerd is om onder druk te brengen bij een boven atmosferische druk.Box (1) for storing and/or transporting surgical items (2), comprising a box body (3) and a matching box lid (4), characterized in that the box (1) is adapted to receive a storage container (11) configured to hold a set (2) of surgical items in said storage container (11), the storage container (11) being configured to pressurize at an above atmospheric pressure. 2. Doos (1) volgens conclusie 1, met het kenmerk, dat het doosdeksel (4) een omkeerbaar beweegbare vergrendelingsplaat (7) omvat, die samen met het dooslichaam {3) een binnenvolume van de doos (1) bepaalt, waarbij het binnenvolume is ingericht om de opslaghouder (11) op te nemen.Box (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the box lid (4) comprises a reversibly movable locking plate (7), which together with the box body {3) defines an inner volume of the box (1), the inner volume is arranged to receive the storage container (11). 3. Doos (1) volgens conclusie 1 of 2, met het kenmerk, dat de opslaghouder (11) een luchtondoorlatend materiaal omvat en is voorzien van een afsluitbaar open uiteinde (13) voor het in de opslaghouder (11) plaatsen van de set (2) van chirurgische items.A box (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the storage container (11) comprises an air-impermeable material and is provided with a closable open end (13) for placing the set (1) in the storage container (11). 2) of surgical items. 4. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-3, met het kenmerk, dat de opslaghouder (11) is geconfigureerd om onder druk te worden gezet door via een afsluitbare klep (14) een gas te ontvangen.A carton (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage container (11) is configured to be pressurized by receiving a gas through a closable valve (14). 5. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-4, met het kenmerk, dat de opslaghouder (11) een filter omvat.Box (1) according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the storage container (11) comprises a filter. 6. Doos (1) volgens conclusie 4 of 5, met het kenmerk, dat de vergrendelbare klep (14) is geconfigureerd om door een opening (15) van de doos (3) te passen.Box (1) according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the lockable flap (14) is configured to fit through an opening (15) of the box (3). 7. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-6, met het kenmerk, dat de opslaghouder (11) een aantal kamers (12) omvat die zijn geconfigureerd om de set (2) chirurgische items te immobiliseren wanneer de opslaghouder (11) onder druk staat.A box (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the storage container (11) comprises a plurality of chambers (12) configured to immobilize the set (2) of surgical items when the storage container (11 ) is under pressure. 8. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-7, met het kenmerk, dat de opslaghouder (11) is geconfigureerd om op de vergrendelingsplaat (7) in te werken wanneer de opslaghouder (11) onder druk is gezet, waardoor beweging van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) in de richting van het doosdeksel {4) wordt veroorzaakt.Box (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the storage container (11) is configured to act on the locking plate (7) when the storage container (11) is pressurized, causing movement of the locking plate (7) in the direction of the box cover {4). - 13 =- 13 = 9. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 2-8, met het kenmerk, dat de vergrendelingsplaat (7) ten minste een bovenste uitsteeksel (8) en/of ten minste een flexibel lateraal uitsteeksel (9) omvat.Box (1) according to one of Claims 2-8, characterized in that the locking plate (7) comprises at least one upper projection (8) and/or at least one flexible lateral projection (9). 10. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-9, met het kenmerk, dat het dooslichaam (3) ten minste één zijopening (5) omvat, en het doosdeksel (4) ten minste één buitenste opening (5) en/of ten minste één binnenopening (5) omvat, waarbij genoemde openingen (5, 5', 5") zijn geconfigureerd om coaxiaal uitgelijnd te zijn wanneer de opbergdoos (1) is samengesteld.Box (1) according to any one of claims 1-9, characterized in that the box body (3) has at least one side opening (5), and the box lid (4) has at least one outer opening (5) and/ or comprising at least one inner opening (5), said openings (5, 5', 5") being configured to be coaxially aligned when the storage box (1) is assembled. 11. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-10, met het kenmerk, dat het ten minste ene flexibele uitsteeksel (9) van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) is geconfigureerd om de doos (3) met het bijpassend doosdeksel (4) te vergrendelen door uit de tenminste ene zijopening (5) van het dooslichaam (3) en de tenminste ene buiten- en/of binnenopening (5', 5'') van het doosdeksel {4) te steken wanneer de opslaghouder (11) onder druk is gezet waarbij de opslaghouder (11) die aangrijpt op de vergrendelingsplaat (7) beweging van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) naar het deksel van de doos (4) veroorzaakt.Box (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the at least one flexible projection (9) of the locking plate (7) is configured around the box (3) with the matching box lid (4) by protruding from the at least one side opening (5) of the box body (3) and the at least one outer and/or inner opening (5', 5'') of the box lid {4) when the storage container (11) is under pressure is applied whereby the storage container (11) engaging the locking plate (7) causes movement of the locking plate (7) towards the lid of the box (4). 12. Doos (1} volgens één van de conclusies 1-11, met het kenmerk, dat het ten minste ene flexibele uitsteeksel (9) van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) is geconfigureerd om de doos (3) en het bijbehorend doosdeksel (4) te ontgrendelen door terug te trekken uit de ten minste ene zijopening (5) van het dooslichaam (3) en de ten minste ene buitenste en/of binnenste opening (57, 5") van het doosdeksel (4) wanneer de opslaghouder (11) drukloos is gemaakt waardoor de beweging van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) weg van de doos deksel (4) wordt veroorzaakt.Box (1} according to any one of claims 1-11, characterized in that the at least one flexible projection (9) of the locking plate (7) is configured around the box (3) and the associated box lid (4) unlockable by withdrawing from the at least one side opening (5) of the box body (3) and the at least one outer and/or inner opening (57.5") of the box lid (4) when the storage container (11) has been depressurized causing the movement of the locking plate (7) away from the box lid (4). 13. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-12, met het kenmerk, dat de mate van uitsteken van het ten minste ene uitsteeksel (9) in de ten minste ene zijopening (5) van het dooslichaam (3) en in de ten minste ene buitenste en/of binnenste opening (5%, 5”) van het doosdeksel (4) afhankelijk is van een drukniveau in de opslaghouder (11).Box (1) according to any one of claims 1-12, characterized in that the degree of protrusion of the at least one projection (9) in the at least one side opening (5) of the box body (3) and in the at least one outer and/or inner opening (5%, 5”) of the box lid (4) is dependent on a pressure level in the storage container (11). 14. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-13, met het kenmerk, dat het ten minste ene bovenste uitsteeksel (8)Box (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the at least one upper projection (8) - 14 — van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) is geconfigureerd om uit te steken in ten minste een bovenste opening (6) van het doosdeksel (4).- 14 - of the locking plate (7) is configured to project into at least one top opening (6) of the box lid (4). 15. Doos (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-14, met het kenmerk, dat de mate van uitsteken van het ten minste ene bovenste uitsteeksel (8) in de ten minste ene bovenste opening (6) van het doosdeksel (4) afhankelijk is van de beweging van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) veroorzaakt door het drukniveau in de opslaghouder {11) die werkzaam is op de vergrendelingsplaat (7).Box (1) according to any one of claims 1-14, characterized in that the degree of protrusion of the at least one upper projection (8) in the at least one upper opening (6) of the box lid (4) depends on the movement of the locking plate (7) caused by the pressure level in the storage container {11) acting on the locking plate (7). 16. Doos (1) volgens één van de voorgaande conclusies 1-15, met het kenmerk, dat de doos (1) ten minste één bumper omvat, zoals gemaakt van siliconen of EPDM-rubber, aangebracht op een buiten- en/of binnenoppervlak van het dooslichaam (3) en/of het doosdeksel (4).Box (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 1-15, characterized in that the box (1) comprises at least one bumper, such as made of silicone or EPDM rubber, applied to an outer and/or inner surface of the box body (3) and/or the box lid (4). 17. Samenstel van twee of meer dozen (1) volgens één van de conclusies 1-16, met het kenmerk, dat een bovenzijde {17) van een willekeurige doos (1) is geconfigureerd om stapelbaar en vormsluitend op een onderste zijde (18) van een andere doos (1) te passen.An assembly of two or more boxes (1) according to any one of claims 1-16, characterized in that a top side {17) of any box (1) is configured to be stackable and form-fitting on a bottom side (18). from another box (1). 18. Werkwijze voor het gebruiken van een doos (1) voor het bewaren en/of transporteren van gesteriliseerde chirurgische items (2) waarbij de doos (1) omvat: — een dooslichaam (3); — een bijpassend doosdeksel (4) dat een omkeerbaar beweegbare vergrendelingsplaat (7) omvat; en — een opslaghouder (11) die een luchtondoorlatend materiaal omvat; met het kenmerk, dat de werkwijze de volgende stappen omvat: — het plaatsen van de set (2) van gesteriliseerde chirurgische items in de opslaghouder (11) via een afsluitbaar open uiteinde (13) van de opslaghouder (11); — het sluiten van het open uiteinde (13); — het in het dooslichaam (3) plaatsen van de opslaghouder (11) die de set (2) van gesteriliseerde chirurgische items houdt; — het sluiten van het dooslichaam (3) met het bijpassend doosdeksel (4); — het vergrendelen van het doosdeksel (4) met hetA method of using a box (1) for storing and/or transporting sterilized surgical items (2), the box (1) comprising: - a box body (3); - a matching box lid (4) comprising a reversibly movable locking plate (7); and — a storage container (11) comprising an air-impermeable material; characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: - placing the set (2) of sterilized surgical items in the storage container (11) via a closable open end (13) of the storage container (11); — closing the open end (13); - placing in the box body (3) the storage container (11) holding the set (2) of sterilized surgical items; — closing the box body (3) with the matching box lid (4); — locking the box lid (4) with the - 15 = dooslichaam (3); en — het in de opslaghouder (11) pompen van een gas door een afsluitbare klep (14) die toegankelijk is via een wand van het dooslichaam (3) om de opslaghouder (11) onder druk te zetten.- 15 = box body (3); and - pumping a gas into the storage container (11) through a closable valve (14) accessible through a wall of the box body (3) to pressurize the storage container (11). 19. Werkwijze voor het gebruiken van een doos (1) volgens conclusie 15, waarbij de vergrendelingsplaat (7) ten minste één flexibel uitsteeksel (9) omvat dat door ten minste één zijopening (5) van het dooslichaam (3) heen en door ten minste één opening (5, 5”) van het doosdeksel (4) steekt, met het kenmerk, dat de werkwijze de stap omvat van het bewaken van een drukniveau binnen de opslaghouder (11) door: — het bewaken van het uitstekingsniveau van het ten minste ene flexibele uitsteeksel (9) door de ten minste ene opening (5) van de doos (3) en de ten minste ene zijopening (5, 5'') van het doosdeksel (4); en/of — het bewaken van het uitstekingsniveau van ten minste één bovenste uitsteeksel (8) van de vergrendelingsplaat (7) door ten minste een bovenste opening (6) van het doosdeksel (4).A method of using a carton (1) according to claim 15, wherein the locking plate (7) comprises at least one flexible projection (9) extending through at least one side opening (5) of the carton body (3) and through at least one at least one opening (5, 5”) of the box lid (4) protrudes, characterized in that the method comprises the step of monitoring a pressure level within the storage container (11) by: - monitoring the protrusion level of the at least one flexible projection (9) through the at least one opening (5) of the box (3) and the at least one side opening (5, 5'') of the box lid (4); and/or - monitoring the protrusion level of at least one upper projection (8) of the locking plate (7) through at least one upper opening (6) of the box lid (4).
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