Medical tool kit

• US 10,639,122 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Zoll Medical Corporation (Asahi Kasei Corporation)
• Inventors: Gerstner, Jeffrey D., Gerstner, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Joyner, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US16/177,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20190060023A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 422300, 206370
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00734 battery operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/005 with a lid or cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0051 closable by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0056 about a lateral axis in the lid plane
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0076 having additional locking means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0078 having additional unlocking means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/10 Ultraviolet radiation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/16 Mobile applications, e.g. portable devices, trailers, devices mounted on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/182 Rigid packaging means
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/24 Medical instruments, e.g. endoscopes, catheters, sharps

Abstract

A medical tool kit is provided for packaging, storing, and transporting medical instruments and tools of various types. The medical tool kit is capable of providing continuing sterilization to the medical instruments and tools kept inside the medical tool kit after the tool case is opened during its normal use in a medical procedure. The medical tool kit is further capable of emitting a GPS tracking signal to identify the location of an opened medical tool kit during an emergency as well as creating hands free communication between the user of the medical tool kit and local emergency institutions.

Claims

1. A medical kit, comprising:

a case housing comprising an upper housing part, a lower housing part, and a hinge connecting the upper housing part to the lower housing part and enabling the upper housing part and the lower housing part to be movable relative to each other between a closed position and an open position;

multiple variously-shaped medical instruments and supplies;

a tool support insert mounted within the lower housing part, the tool support insert defining multiple wells that are differently-shaped to hold the multiple medical instruments and supplies;

a touchscreen display device located within an interior of the case housing;

a battery located within the interior of the case housing;

a bracket mounted within the upper housing part to secure the touchscreen display device to the upper housing part;

a memory storage device located within the interior of the case housing and storing data identifying medical procedure information that is accessible using the touchscreen display device; and

a gasket that is arranged between the upper housing part and the lower housing part when the upper housing part and the lower housing part are in the closed position relative to each other.

2. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a switch configured to activate power from the battery to the touchscreen display device upon the upper housing part and the lower housing part being moved from the closed position relative to each other to the open position relative to each other.

3. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a magnetic switch configured to activate power from the battery upon the upper housing part and the lower housing part being moved from the closed position relative to each other to the open position relative to each other.

4. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a pair of C-shaped brackets that are nested within the upper housing and that secure the touchscreen display device to the upper housing part, wherein the pair of C-shaped brackets comprise the bracket.

5. The medical kit of claim 4, wherein:

the touchscreen display device has a width that is greater than a height of the touchscreen display device; and

the pair of C-shaped brackets engage sides of the touchscreen display device that provide the width of the touchscreen display device.

6. The medical kit of claim 5, comprising:

a liner that is nested within the top housing part and that surrounds the touchscreen display device.

7. The medical kit of claim 6, wherein the pair of C-shaped brackets removably retain the touchscreen display device.

8. The medical kit of claim 7, wherein:

the upper housing part has a width that is greater than a height of the upper housing part; and

the touchscreen display device is oriented within the upper housing part such that sides of the touchscreen display device that provide the width of the touchscreen display device are parallel to sides of the upper housing part that provide the width of the upper housing part.

9. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a microphone and speaker assembly located within the case housing.

10. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a handle for the medical kit connected to an exterior of the lower housing part.

11. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the multiple variously-shaped medical instruments and supplies comprise gauze, a cutting tool, and antiseptic.

12. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the multiple wells that are defined by the tool support insert comprise eight wells that are differently-shaped to hold the multiple medical instruments and supplies.

13. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the tool support insert defines five wells to hold additional medical instruments and supplies in addition to the multiple wells that are differently-shaped to hold the multiple medical instruments and supplies.

14. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the tool support insert has a rectangular plate shape.

15. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the gasket comprises rubber.

16. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the gasket is arranged to prevent dust from entering the case housing when the upper housing part and the lower housing part are in the closed position relative to each other.

17. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein the gasket is arranged to seal the interior of the case housing when the first housing part and the second housing part are in the closed position relative to each other, so that contamination of the multiple medical instruments and supplies is prevented by the seal formed by the gasket.

18. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a switch configured to activate power from the battery to the touchscreen display device upon the upper housing part and the lower housing part being moved from the closed position relative to each other to the open position relative to each other;

a microphone and speaker assembly located within the case housing; and

a handle for the medical kit connected to an exterior of the lower housing part,

wherein the multiple variously-shaped medical instruments and supplies comprise gauze, a cutting tool, and antiseptic.

19. The medical kit of claim 1, wherein:

the multiple wells that are defined by the tool support insert comprise eight wells that are differently-shaped to hold the multiple variously-shaped medical instruments and supplies; and

the multiple variously-shaped medical instruments and supplies comprise gauze, a cutting tool, and antiseptic.

20. The medical kit of claim 1, comprising:

a pair of C-shaped brackets that are nested within the upper housing and that secure the touchscreen display device to the upper housing part, wherein the pair of C-shaped brackets comprise the bracket, wherein the pair of C-shaped brackets removably retain the touchscreen display device;

a handle for the medical kit connected to an exterior of the lower housing part; and

a liner that is nested within the top housing part and that surrounds the touchscreen display device.