Backlit surgical instrument support assembly

• US 10,307,216 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ben Z. Cohen
• Original Assignee: Ben Z. Cohen
• Inventors: Cohen, Ben Z.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lawson, Matthew J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sipp, Amy R
• Application Number:
  US14/381,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20150031960A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,287 Days
• Field of Search: 600249, 362 33, 362 974, 362133, 362134, 362127
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/105 Cabinets
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/155 Mayo stands
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3015 transparent
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/00 Surgical drapes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 46/10 specially adapted for instruments, e.g. microscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/10 Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/13 Trolleys, e.g. carts
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/15 Mayo stands; Tables
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/30 Devices for illuminating a surgical field, the devices having an interrelation with other surgical devices or with a surgical procedure
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/36 Image-producing devices or illumination devices not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/92 coded with colour

Abstract

The subject invention provides a surgical instrument support assembly which includes an enclosure defining an opening; a light transmissive pane located at least partially across the opening and defining a support surface; and, a light source located inside the enclosure for generating light to be transmitted through the light transmissive pane. A sterilizable light transmissive surgical instrument support may be also provided to be disposed over at least a portion of the light transmissive pane. Advantageously, with the subject invention, an assembly is provided which includes a sterilized surface for supporting surgical instruments which is backlit. With this arrangement, surgical instruments may be supported and illuminated from beneath to aid a medical practitioner in identifying the surgical instruments.

Claims

1. A surgical instrument support assembly for supporting surgical instruments, the assembly comprising:

an enclosure including a plurality of sidewalls perimetrically bounding an interior volume and a base enclosing a bottom of said interior volume, said enclosure defining an opening adjacent to said interior volume;

a light transmissive pane located at least partially across said opening and defining a support surface;

light means located inside said interior volume of said enclosure for generating light to be transmitted through said light transmissive pane, said light means being spaced from said light transmissive pane; and

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a sterile light transmissive surgical instrument barrier including a surgical drape resting on, and disposed across, at least a portion of said light transmissive pane so as to define an exposed surface for supporting the surgical instruments, wherein portions of the surgical drape resting on said light transmissive pane including demarcated regions and/or areas of color to designate areas for one or more supported surgical instruments with said demarcated regions and/or areas of color being light transmissive, and, wherein the light generated by said light means transmits through said pane and said demarcated regions and/or areas of color to provide backlighting to any supported surgical instruments.

2. An assembly as in claim 1, further comprising means for adjusting the intensity of said generated light.

3. An assembly as in claim 1, wherein said support surface is seamless.

4. An assembly as in claim 1, wherein said support surface is sterilizable.

5. An assembly as in claim 1, wherein said light transmissive pane is releasably fixable to said enclosure.