A method for producing a clinical waste container having a lower basket part having an upper basket opening and an upper lid part, arranged to be fastened to the lower basket part to cover the upper basket opening. The upper lid part has a first cylindrical part having an upper lid opening arranged to receive clinical waste into the lower basket part. The method includes: providing a metal mold and a heated nozzle; injecting a blended molten plastic material comprising at least 30% by volume wooden fibers via the heated nozzle into the metal mold; allowing the plastic material to harden by cooling to form the upper lid part; removing the upper lid part from the metal mold; providing the lower basket part; and actively and continuously cooling the mold during the hardening to a constant temperature of at least 30 C.

A valve cover apparatus for use in a medical assembly including a prosthetic valve and a valve delivery apparatus. The valve cover apparatus includes a housing, a chamber disposed within the housing for receiving a prosthetic heart valve in an at least partially expanded state, a tapered surface defining a portion of the chamber, and a lock ring that is axially movable over at least a portion of the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position. The tapered surface is enables loading and/or guiding of the prosthetic heart valve from the chamber of the valve cover apparatus into a delivery sheath of the valve delivery apparatus and transition the prosthetic heart valve to a radially compressed state. The lock ring restricts movement of the valve cover relative to the delivery sheath when in the locked position, and enables movement of the valve cover when in the unlocked position.