WO2024141138A1

WO2024141138A1 - Sterile goods container for storing and/or sterilising medical instruments and use of a sterile goods container

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Publication number: WO2024141138A1
Application number: PCT/DE2023/200265
Authority: WO
Inventors: Paulus Jeuken
Original assignee: Paulus Jeuken
Priority date: 2022-12-27
Filing date: 2023-12-20
Publication date: 2024-07-04
Also published as: DE102022134823A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a sterile goods container for storing and/or sterilising medical instruments in a storage position, comprising a lower part, an upper part and a receiving surface, which is arranged on the lower part in a receiving plane, for receiving an instrument support for medical instruments, wherein, in a closed position of the sterile goods container, a contact region of the upper part is brought into sealing engagement with a contact region of the lower part surrounding the receiving surface and an interior for surrounding the receiving surface and the instrument support is formed by means of the lower part and the upper part, wherein the contact region of the lower part has a passage region, wherein the passage region is arranged below the receiving plane of the receiving surface in the storage position so that, in an open position of the sterile goods container, the instrument support can be freely pushed away from the receiving surface through the passage region along the receiving plane. The invention further relates to the use of a sterile goods container.

Description

Sterile goods container for storing and/or sterilizing medical instruments and use of a sterile goods container

[01] The invention relates to a sterile goods container for storing and/or sterilizing medical instruments with a storage position, with a lower part, an upper part and a receiving surface arranged on the lower part in a receiving plane for receiving an instrument carrier for medical instruments, wherein the receiving plane is arranged essentially horizontally in the storage position and a contact region of the upper part in a closed position of the sterile goods container is brought into sealing engagement with a contact region of the lower part surrounding the receiving surface and an interior space for surrounding the receiving surface and the instrument carrier is formed by means of the lower part and the upper part, wherein the interior space is accessible by means of a sterilization valve in the upper part and/or in the lower part for transferring sterilization media to the medical instruments. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of a sterile goods container of the type mentioned.

[ 02 ] Known sterile goods containers are used, for example, for the preparation and/or sterilization and storage of instruments, especially medical instruments. For example, scalpels, tweezers and similar Medical instruments are kept in such sterile containers and in a sterilized state.

[ 03 ] Known sterile goods containers have a bowl-shaped lower part into which an instrument carrier, for example a wire basket for corresponding medical instruments, can be inserted. A lid then serves to close the sterile goods container from above, whereby such lids are usually flat and designed with manually operated locking buckles.

[ 04 ] DE 10 2017 123 268 A1 discloses a medical container for holding medical products, preferably for sterilization, with two container parts that can be connected or closed with one another in a form-fitting manner and that enclose a container interior in the connected or closed state, wherein a spring-elastic section is formed on one of the two container parts, which is in form-fitting engagement with a section of the other of the two container parts from the container interior when the two container parts are connected or closed with one another, and whose connection or closure can be released by actuating the spring-elastic section in the direction of the container interior.

[ 05 ] DE 36 32 675 A1 describes a sterilization device for sterilization containers, in which an external actuating element is provided in an autoclave chamber arrangement, with the aid of which special closure elements and/or the container lid in held in an open position and can be brought into a closed position before opening the autoclave.

[ 06 ] These known sterile goods containers can only be operated manually, which is a problem especially when there is a shortage of staff. Automating preparation and, for example, removing or loading instruments is not possible with such sterile goods containers or leads to considerable technical difficulties.

[ 07 ] The object of the invention is to improve the state of the art .

[ 08 ] The object is achieved by a sterile goods container for storing and/or sterilizing medical instruments in a storage position, with a lower part, an upper part and a receiving surface arranged on the lower part in a receiving plane for receiving an instrument carrier for medical instruments, wherein the receiving plane is arranged substantially horizontally in the storage position and a contact area of the upper part in a closed position of the sterile goods container is brought into sealing engagement with a contact area of the lower part surrounding the receiving surface and an interior space for surrounding the receiving surface and the instrument carrier is formed by means of the lower part and the upper part, wherein the interior space is accessible by means of a sterilization valve in the upper part and/or in the lower part for transferring sterilization media to the medical instruments, wherein the The contact region of the lower part has a passage region, wherein the passage region is arranged in the storage position below the receiving plane of the receiving surface, so that the instrument carrier can be freely pushed away from the receiving surface through the passage region along the receiving plane in an opening position of the sterile goods container.

[ 09 ] By means of the passage area, the instrument carrier can be pushed directly along the receiving plane in an opening position of the sterile goods container, which enables, for example, mechanical and/or robotic removal of the upper part and subsequent automated pushing away of the instrument carrier. Such a sterile goods container can therefore be automatically loaded, emptied and/or sterilized without further ado.

[ 10 ] The following terms should be explained in this context:

[ 11 ] A "sterile goods container" is a container which is used in particular for storage and/or sterilization. It is a closed vessel, for example a container with a base and a lid, which is made in particular from a material which is capable of being sterilized or suitable for sterilization, such as stainless steel or an aluminum alloy. Aluminum can be used here in particular because of its lower weight. The purpose of such a sterile goods container is to store "medical instruments", for example scalpels, tweezers or other instruments intended for medical or therapeutic treatment. This is usually done in a "storage position", which is the position usually intended for the sterile goods container to pick up and hold the medical instruments. Such a storage position is usually horizontal, for example standing on a base or table. In this "storage position", the sterile goods container is usually filled from above or from the side.

[ 12 ] Such a sterile goods container has a "lower part", i.e. a component which is directed towards a base in the storage position and in this context is arranged "below", and an "upper part", whereby the upper part can be arranged "above", i.e. placed on the lower part. The geometric references mentioned in the context of the invention relate to the usual spatial directions when the sterile goods container is in a horizontal position in the storage position, for example on a table, whereby technical deviations of, for example, + 10 ° to - 10 ° are included.

[ 13 ] A "receiving surface" is arranged on the lower part along a "receiving plane", whereby the receiving surface is, for example, a flat surface on the lower part, which is freely accessible from above along the receiving plane and is thus designed to receive an "instrument carrier", for example a wire basket for medical instruments. In this case, the receiving plane is arranged essentially horizontally in the storage position, whereby "essentially" here includes the usual technical deviations of, for example, +15° to -15°, which can usually arise, for example, when placing the sterile goods container and/or the lower part of the sterile goods container on an inclined surface and/or are caused by a slight inclination of the receiving plane necessary for the respective handling.

[14] During use of the sterile goods container, the upper part is in contact and engaged with the lower part in a "closing position", whereby a respective "contact area", i.e. for example a contact line of the upper part and the lower part, are brought into contact and engaged with each other in such a way that they are arranged in a "sealing engagement". Such a sealing engagement can be established, for example, by a seal, by a metallic contact or similar, so that in particular an exchange of media, in particular air, is greatly weakened or even completely prevented.

[15] In this closed position, an "interior space" is then formed, which surrounds the receiving surface and the instrument carrier, which can be arranged on the receiving surface.

[16] Furthermore, the sterile goods container has a "sterilization valve" which can be set in the respective valve positions in such a way that the transfer of sterilization media, for example Hot steam, alcoholic solution or similar media for killing or reducing bacteria, for example. The sterilization valve is arranged in such a way that the medical instruments in particular are reached by the sterilization medium and thus the medical instruments are sterilized next to, for example, the instrument carrier or the interior of the sterile goods container. Such a sterilization valve is usually arranged on the underside, but can also be arranged on the lid or the top of the conventional container systems.

[ 17 ] A "passage area" is a partial area, for example, arranged around a circumference of the lower part or along the contact area of the lower part, which in the geometrical relationship described above is "below" the receiving plane, i.e., is displaced with the direction of gravity relative to the receiving plane, so that the partial area of the lower part having the passage area is arranged outside a pushing-off direction of the instrument carrier. Described figuratively, the instrument carrier can be pushed "above" the passage area, i.e., for example, along the essentially horizontally arranged receiving surface, without coming into disruptive contact with the lower part. "Freely pushable" here means pushing off without a form-fitting hindrance to the movement, so that, for example, friction on the receiving surface is tolerated, but no mechanical obstacle along a pushing-off path prevents pushing off. [ 18 ] In order, for example, to be able to equip the sterile goods container from all sides and/or to load it automatically, the passage area is arranged all the way around the contact area of the lower part, so that the lower part is tray-shaped.

[ 19 ] "Circumferential" here refers in particular to completely circumferential, so that the passage area completely surrounds the lower part and thus there is no mechanical obstacle in any direction along the receiving surface that prevents the instrument carrier from being pushed off. This also allows the instrument carrier to be received in a way that is accessible from all sides, which makes it possible, for example, to grip/move the instrument carrier with a

Robot is made much easier.

[ 20 ] Alternatively and/or additionally, the upper part can be concave by means of a central region and an edge region connected to the central region and angled relative to the central region, wherein in particular the edge region has an at least partially funnel-shaped transition region, so that an upper part can be at least partially stacked with another upper part at the respective funnel-shaped transition region, wherein in particular the edge region has a prismatic connection region facing away from the central region, wherein the prismatic connection region has in particular the contact region of the upper part.

[ 21 ] Here, the ‘central area’ refers in particular to an area parallel to the receiving surface or substantially area of the upper part arranged parallel to the receiving surface, whereby the upper part is designed, for example, in the form of a concave lid. An "edge area" can, for example, form a "transition area", i.e. an area between the central area and a prismatic "connection area". The corresponding upper parts can thus be at least partially stacked inside one another, whereby by means of the prismatic connection area at least part of the interior can be designed prismatically and thus volumetrically well usable.

[ 22 ] Furthermore, the upper part can have one or more handles, whereby by means of the handle or by means of the handles it is possible to lift the upper part in the opening position of the sterile goods container or to lift the sterile goods container in the closed position.

[ 23 ] According to one embodiment, a seal is assigned to one of the contact areas, in particular the contact area of the lower part, wherein the seal is received in particular in a circumferential fold on the lower part and/or the seal is designed to be replaceable.

[ 24 ] Such a "fold" can, for example, have a strand-shaped, O-ring-shaped or at least partially closed seal, which creates or ensures the sealing engagement of the upper part with the lower part. [ 25 ] Such a seal can be made, for example, from an elastomer, a temperature-resistant elastomer or a rubber.

[ 26 ] In order to further facilitate automated operation of the sterile goods container, an upper side of the upper part has a lifting receptacle for lifting the upper part by means of a lifting tool corresponding to the lifting receptacle, wherein the lifting receptacle in particular has a smooth and/or flat suction area, so that the upper part can be lifted by means of a lifting tool designed as a suction cup.

[ 27 ] A "lifting receptacle" is, for example, a technical device which enables the upper part to be lifted by means of a "lifting tool" designed to correspond to the lifting receptacle, for example a hook or another robotic end effector. In particular, the lifting receptacle can have a smooth and/or flat suction area or can be designed as such, wherein such a "suction area" is characterized in particular by the fact that it has a low level of roughness and is designed to be flat, for example, so that a suction cup, for example an elastic cup acting by means of vacuum technology, can be brought into engagement with the suction area and the upper part can then be lifted by means of a vacuum in the suction cup.

[ 28 ] In one embodiment, the upper part is provided with a locking device which can be deactivated in particular by means of the lifting tool and which engages with the lower part in the closed position. located and disengaged from the lower part by deactivation, is associated with an engagement means or engagement means, wherein the closure in particular has a triggering means that can be mechanically contacted by means of the lifting tool for deactivating the engagement means.

[29] This means that, for example, when the lifting tool is attached to the lifting support, the upper part can be released simultaneously or with a mechanical delay by deactivating the lock, so that the upper part can be automatically lifted off the lower part.

[30] The engagement means are designed, for example, as a ball catch, a claw, a hook and/or a claw closure or a bayonet closure. It should be noted that the engagement means can also have a snap closure, a tab closure or a closure with a similar effect.

[31] Likewise, the upper part can be brought into engagement with the lower part by means of the engagement means in such a geometrically corresponding manner that pushing the upper part in a direction parallel to the receiving plane causes the upper part to unhook from the lower part and thus allows the upper part to be lifted off. For this purpose, corresponding hooks can then be arranged on the upper part and the lower part, which can be separated from one another by pushing them essentially parallel to the receiving plane. [ 32 ] In a further embodiment, a holding device for the instrument carrier is assigned to the receiving surface, wherein the holding device has in particular a sliding guide for guiding the instrument carrier along a sliding direction with a stopping device arranged in particular along a stopping direction for preventing the instrument carrier from being pushed off in the stopping direction.

[ 33 ] Thus, for example, a predestined sliding direction for an automated pushing off of the instrument carrier can be mechanically predetermined, whereby when the instrument carrier is placed on the holding device, a stopping of the instrument carrier can also be provided mechanically by means of the stopping device.

[ 34 ] It should be noted in this regard that the receiving surface, which is designed to be freely adapted to push off the instrument carrier relative to the other components of the lower part, can also be arranged in its respective position by means of the holding device or by means of different components of the holding device, so that the holding device can also be designed to create or form the passage area relative to the lower part or on the lower part.

[ 35 ] The sterilization valve may comprise a filter means, in particular a direction-dependent opening check device, a membrane and/or an arrangement with Pasteurian loops. [ 36 ] A "filter medium", which is also known as a "filter", has a fine-mesh or close-meshed fabric or braid, so that an exchange of media through the filter medium is greatly reduced and/or foreign particles, bacteria and the like are retained. For this purpose, for example, a non-return device that opens in a direction-dependent manner can be arranged in such a way that, for example, the introduction of sterilizing agent is easily possible and its discharge must also be mechanically unlocked. A reverse arrangement is also conceivable. A "membrane" refers to a device that is designed to be flexible, for example, but liquid and/or media-tight, by means of which, for example, pressure adjustment takes place. Furthermore, so-called "Pasteur loops" can be provided, which, through a meandering arrangement of passages in repeated or similar repeated patterns, greatly delay the migration of, for example, bacteria into the interior due to a greatly extended propagation path, so that a predetermined sterilization time can be maintained after sterilization by means of the Pasteur loops.

[ 37 ] In a further embodiment, the upper part is provided with an insert for inserting an identification means, in particular an identification plate. Thus, for example, an identification means for identifying the contents of the instrument carrier, for example an attachment with appropriate medical instruments, or even a destination or a user must be clearly identified.

[ 38 ] Furthermore, a marking means can be arranged between the upper part and the lower part, which is destroyed when the sterile goods container is opened. Such marking means are known as a "seal" or "seal" depending on the design. Likewise, the upper part in particular can have a hygiene marking, whereby the hygiene marking can be designed, for example, as a chemically or biochemically effective test strip and can prove, for example, by means of a color change, that sterility no longer exists within the sterile goods container.

[ 39 ] In a further aspect, the object is achieved by the use of a sterile goods container according to one of the previous embodiments for transporting, storing and/or sterilizing medical instruments arranged in the instrument carrier.

[ 40 ] “Transportation” refers here to the transfer of, for example, medical instruments from, for example, a sterilization site to a place of use, so that, for example, sterilized medical instruments are brought to an operating room or are stored. This can be done manually or automatically, for example by hand or by conveyor belt. “Storage” refers here to, for example, the said storage or intermediate storage of, for example, already sterilized medical instruments. Instruments. "Storage" can also mean temporary storage of, for example, contaminated medical instruments for cleaning or re-sterilization.

[ 41 ] ‘Sterilisation’ describes the process, also known as ‘disinfection’, by which materials and objects can be freed of living microorganisms, such as bacteria or spores. If such sterilisation has been carried out successfully, the state achieved by the materials and/or objects is referred to as ‘sterile’, i.e. as free of the relevant organisms below a detection limit or a defined quantity limit. In particular, such sterilisation is carried out at elevated ambient temperatures and/or using appropriate chemical aids, so that a corresponding sterile goods container must, for example, be tolerant to heat and/or certain chemicals.

[ 42 ] The invention is further illustrated by

Explained in more detail in examples. They show

Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a

Sterile goods container in a cut side view,

Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a

Lower part of the sterile goods container of Figure 1 in an isometric view, Figure 3 is a schematic representation of a

Operating area of an upper part of a sterile goods container, as well as

Figure 4 a suction head for automated

Operating a sterile goods container.

[43] A sterile goods container 101 has a lower part 103 and an upper part 123, each of which is made from a sheet of aluminum alloy using a deep-drawing process. The sterile goods container 101 is described below in a storage position in the so-called normal position, with directions referring to the usual gravitational field in the storage position, for example on a storage surface. The lower part 103 has a circumferential fold 105, which is directed downwards, for example onto a storage surface (not shown). The fold 105 is surrounded by an edge 107, which delimits the lower part 103 all around. The lower part is thus designed like a tray. A seal 141 is inserted within the fold 105, with the upper part 123 being placed with a contact area 171 on a contact area 172 on the seal 141 on the lower part 103 (see Figure 1). This achieves a closed position in that the lower part 103 and the upper part 123 form and close off an interior space 124. While the lower part 103 is essentially flat, i.e. tray-shaped as mentioned, the upper part has an essentially flat upper side 125 as well as an oblique edge area 128 and a prismatic connection area 129, so that the upper part is concave overall. The interior space 124 is thus essentially defined volumetrically by the upper part 123.

[ 44 ] Furthermore, an operating area 161 is arranged approximately in the middle of the upper part, which has a suction surface 127. The upper part 123 can be lifted at the suction surface 127, for example by means of a suction lifter. The suction lifter can have a magnet which magnetically interacts with magnets 163 below the upper side 125 and triggers hooks 167 via traction means 165, which are then disengaged from eyelets 109 on the lower part, so that the upper part 123 can be lifted off by means of the suction lifter. Since the upper part 123 and the lower part 103 are formed from thin aluminum sheet, the magnetic forces are hardly shielded. It should be mentioned in this regard that, for example, in fine surgery, magnetizing instruments must be avoided at all costs in order to prevent the instruments from attracting one another. For this purpose, as an alternative to the arrangement of the magnets 163, a mechanical engagement can also be provided, into which a corresponding tool engagement arranged on the suction lifter can engage and, for example, moves the traction means 165 and thus the hooks 167 in the manner of a bayonet lock. For this purpose, for example, a sealing closure can be provided between an operating piece facing the suction lifter and a coupling piece arranged in the interior 124.

[ 45 ] The lower part 103 further comprises a receiving bridge 131 which forms a receiving surface 133. Two parallel guide rails 135 serve to guide a the receiving surface 133 on the instrument carrier 191, which forms a basket 193. Medical instruments, for example scalpels or tweezers, can be inserted into the basket 193.

[ 46 ] The receiving surface 133 is arranged along a receiving plane 181, with other components of the lower part 103, for example also the eyelets 109, being arranged below this receiving plane 181. The instrument carrier 191 can thus be pushed off the receiving surface 133 along the receiving plane 181 through a passage area 199 without colliding with other components of the lower part 103. A stop 137 is arranged on one side of the receiving bridge 131, which stop is formed by an upturned edge of the receiving bridge 131. The stop 137 forms a stop for the instrument carrier 191 on one side, so that, for example, automated pushing on from the guide rails 135 guided by the stop 137 is geometrically limited.

[ 47 ] A lower part 203, which is designed similarly to the lower part 103, has a receptacle 208, into which a ball catch 342 is inserted. The ball catch 342 has a guide 341, a plunger 331 and ball 343. The plunger 331 has a circumferential constriction 345, which can release or lock the balls 343. An operating area 261 is formed on an upper part 223, analogous to the operating area 161, whereby the release of the upper part 223 from the lower part 203 does not take place magnetically as shown above, but mechanically. A button 329 can be positioned opposite the interior of the Upper part 223 is closed and pressed along a pressure direction 281 so that the balls 343 can slide freely and are free from the receptacle 208. The upper part 223 can then be lifted off by means of suction on a suction surface 327.

[ 48 ] An exemplary suction head 401 has a suction cup 403 with a bellows 405 and a sealing lip 407. Such a suction head 401 can be arranged on the operating area 161 or the operating area 261, wherein a vacuum can be generated by means of a suction pipe 409 within the bellows 405. The sealing lip 407 then engages with the suction surface 127 or the suction surface 327 and means that the suction head 401 can lift the upper part 123 or the upper part 223. A bridge 421 is arranged within the suction cup 403, which forms a contact point 423. The contact point 423 is shown here as an example for operating a release within the respective upper part. In the case of the operating area 161, for example, a magnet, in particular a switchable electromagnet, can be arranged at the contact point 423 to operate the magnets 162. The contact point 423 can also be designed to act purely mechanically, for example corresponding to the button 329, so that the operating area 261 can be operated by means of the suction head 401, for example to unlock the upper part 223.

[ 49 ] It should be mentioned that the sterile goods container 101 can have, for example, on the upper part 123, a slot for an identification plate (not shown). Likewise, a A seal (not shown) can be inserted, for example, in corresponding openings, or a seal can be glued over the transition between the lower part 103 and the upper part 123. The seal and/or seal serve to indicate a sterile condition, while an identification plate indicates, for example, the planned use of the medical instruments stored in the instrument holder 191.

Reference symbol list

101 sterile goods containers

103 Lower part

105 Fold z

107 Edge

109 Eyelet

123 Top

124 Interior

125 Top

127 suction area

128 Margin area

129 Connection area

131 Recording bridge

133 Recording area

135 Guide rail

137 Stop

141 Seal

151 filters

161 Operating area

163 Magnet

165 traction devices

167 hooks

171 Contact area

172 Contact area

181 Recording level

191 instrument carrier

193 basket

199 Passband Lower part Receptacle Upper part Operating area Pressure direction Suction surface Membrane Button Tappet Guide Ball catch Ball Constriction Suction head Suction cup Bellows Sealing lip Suction pipe Bridge Contact point

Claims

Patent claims:

1. Sterile goods container (101) for storing and/or

Sterilizing medical instruments in a storage position, with a lower part (103), an upper part (123) and a receiving surface (133) arranged on the lower part (103) in a receiving plane (181) for receiving an instrument carrier (191) for medical instruments, wherein the receiving plane (181) is arranged substantially horizontally in the storage position and a

Contact area (171) of the upper part (123) in a

In the closed position of the sterile goods container, a contact area (172) of the lower part (103) surrounding the receiving surface (133) is brought into sealing engagement and an interior space (124) for surrounding the receiving surface (133) and the instrument carrier (191) is formed by means of the lower part (103) and the upper part (123), wherein the interior space (124) can be closed by means of a sterilization valve (151) in the upper part (123) and/or in the lower part (103) for

Transfer of sterilization media to the medical instruments is accessible, characterized in that the contact region (172) of the lower part has a passage region (199), wherein the passage region (199) is arranged in the storage position below the receiving plane (181) of the receiving surface (133), so that the instrument carrier (191) can be freely pushed away from the receiving surface (133) through the passage region (199) along the receiving plane (181) in an opening position of the sterile goods container.

2. Sterile goods container according to claim 1, characterized in that the passage area (199) is arranged circumferentially around the contact area (172) of the lower part (103), so that the lower part (103) is formed in the shape of a tray and/or that the upper part (123) is Central region (125) and an edge region (128, 129) connected to the central region (125) and angled with respect to the central region (125) are concave, wherein in particular the edge region (128, 129) has an at least partially funnel-shaped transition region (128) so that an upper part (123) can be at least partially stacked with another upper part (123) at the respective funnel-shaped transition region (128), wherein in particular the edge region (128, 129) has a prismatic connection region (129) facing away from the central region (125), wherein the prismatic connection region (129) has in particular the contact region (172) of the upper part (123).

3. Sterile goods container according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that one of the contact areas (171, 172), in particular the contact area (172) of the lower part (103), is assigned a seal (141), wherein the seal (141) is received in particular in a circumferential fold (105) on the lower part (103) and/or the seal (141) is designed to be replaceable.

4. Sterile goods container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an upper side (125) of the upper part (123) has a lifting receptacle (161, 261) for lifting the upper part (123) by means of a lifting tool (401) corresponding to the lifting receptacle (161, 261), wherein the lifting receptacle (161, 261) in particular has a smooth and/or flat suction area (161, 261), so that by means of a suction cup (403, 405, 407)

The lifting tool (401) enables the upper part (123) to be lifted.

5. Sterile goods container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper part (123) is provided with a lifting tool (401) deactivatable closure (109, 167, 342) which is engaged with the lower part (103) in the closed position and is disengaged from the lower part (103) upon deactivation, with a

engaging means (167, 343) or engaging means (167, 343), wherein the closure (109, 167, 342) in particular comprises a release means (163, 329) which can be magnetically and/or mechanically contacted by means of the lifting tool (401) for deactivating the

engaging means (167, 343).

6. Sterile goods container according to claim 5, characterized in that the engagement means (167, 343) has or have a ball catch (342) or several ball catches, a claw or several claws, a hook (167) or several claws and/or a bayonet closure or several bayonet closures.

7. Sterile goods container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving surface (133) is assigned a holding device (131) for the instrument carrier (191), wherein the holding device (131) in particular has a sliding guide (135) for guiding the instrument carrier (191) along a sliding direction (135) with a stopping device (137) arranged in particular along a stopping direction for preventing the instrument carrier (191) from being pushed off in the stopping direction.

8. Sterile goods container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sterilization valve (151) has a filter means, a non-return device that opens in particular in a direction-dependent manner, a membrane and/or an arrangement with Pasteur loops.

9. Sterile goods container according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the upper part (123) is provided with a Slot for inserting an identification means, in particular an identification plate.

10. Use of a sterile goods container (101) according to one of the preceding claims for transporting, storing and/or sterilizing medical instruments arranged in the instrument carrier (191).