Sterile specimen container for attachment to a surgical table and for other uses

Claim 2

A heat-resistant specimen container adapted to be supported on a surgical table below a patient during diagnosis and treatment and also adapted for cooking frozen foods therein, comprising: a rigid hinged rim provided with a handle portion projecting from a side of the rim opposite the hinge and with a lid which swings from said hinge to open and close the container; a flexible, heat-resistant bag formed of pliable plastic secured at its top to said rim; and a tapered, grooved spout formed in said handle portion which is broadened at the rim junction to provide a body fluid conducting channel terminating below the upper edge of the rim and serving as a vent when the closed container is used in boiling water for cooking frozen food therein.

Claim 3

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bag receptacle is adhesively attached to said rim.

Claim 4

A container as claimed in claim 2, wherein said adhesive is a pressure-sensitive, permanently tacky adhesive selected from the group consisting of polyisobutylene rubber, heat-resistant polyvinyl ethers with tackifying resins, polyisobutylene rubber modified with heat-resistant polymers of butyl acrylate, polyisobutylene rubber modified with copolymers of butyl acrylate-butyl methacrylate, heat-resistant polyvinyl ethers with tackifying resins modified with heat-resistant polymers of butyl acrylate, and heat-resistant polyvinyl ethers with tackifying resins modified with heat-resistant copolymers of butyl acrylate-butyl methacrylate, these adhesives adapting the bag to be sealed to the rim and after separation of the bag from the rim, to reseal opposing faces of the bag.

Claim 5

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rim is provided with bUttons projecting from the underside which serve as hooks to adapt the container for additional support at the edge of a pot when used for cooking or on a ringstand.

Claim 6

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein, during the manufacturing process, a tear string is placed between the bag and the rim in an ascending spiral pattern around all sides of the bag and rim, with the free end of said string being exposed to permit quick tearing of the bag away from the rim, said free end being located at the lowest point of said spiral.

Claim 7

A container as claimed in claim 5, wherein said bag is heat-sealed to said rim and said bag cannot be resealed.

Claim 8

A container as claimed in claim 5, wherein said bag is adhesively sealed to said rim with a heat-resistant, permanently tacky, pressure-sensitive adhesive which adapts the bag to be resealed after separation from said rim.

Claim 9

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said lid is provided with a locking means cooperating with said handle to lock said lid over said bag.

Claim 10

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bag is provided with indicia.

Claim 11

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said handle is generally flat, said rim and bag are generally rectangular in shape, and said handle extends rearwardly from said rim to adapt holding the container and contents in the hand.

Claim 12

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rim and handle are made of heat-resistant fiberboard.

Claim 13

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rim and handle are made of heat-resistant plastic.

Claim 14

A container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said rim and handle are made of metal.