Sterile environments

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 19/00 (2006.01) A61B 19/04 (2006.01) A61B 19/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2498209

An apparatus is disclosed comprising two or more sterile environments (1, 30, 31) each of which are at least partially enclosed by a wall member. A portion of the wall member of at least one of the environments (30, 31) has means (33, 38) for joining it to a portion of the wall member of another environment (1) and the wall members at or within the joined portions are capable of being opened to connect the sterile environments (1, 30, 31). At least a portion of one or more of the surfaces that form the joined portions is provided with a bactericidal substance to sterilise the join before it is opened. The joining means (33, 38) preferably comprises an adhesive in which the bactericidal substance may be impregnated. The sterile environments may be an operating enclosure, a window unit or a carrier containing surgical instruments, fluids, medicines, a glove, blood or saline.

L'invention concerne un appareil comprenant deux ou plusieurs environnements stériles (1, 30, 31) chacun desquels étant au moins partiellement fermé par un élément paroi. Une partie de l'élément paroi d'au moins un des environnements (30, 31) comporte des moyens (33, 38) permettant de les fixer à une partie de l'élément paroi d'un autre environnement (1). Les éléments paroi situés au niveau des parties fixées ou à l'intérieur de celles-ci peuvent être ouverts de manière à relier les environnements stériles (1, 30, 31). Au moins une partie d'une ou de plusieurs des surfaces qui forment les parties fixées comprend une substance bactéricide permettant de stériliser le joint avant de l'ouvrir. Les moyens de fixation (33, 38) comprennent de préférence un adhésif dans lequel la substance bactéricide peut être imprégnée. Les environnements stériles peuvent être : un contenant opératoire, une unité fenêtre ou un support contenant des instruments chirurgicaux, des fluides, des médicaments, un gant, du sang ou une substance saline.

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