Sterilization tray assembly for medical instruments
First Claim
1. A sterilization tray assembly for medical instruments, said assembly comprising a unitary base including a plurality of tubes defining first passages, each first passage having open upper and lower ends, a first web having a periphery and connecting and supporting said tubes in parallel spaced-apart relation so that a fluid can circulate around and between said tubes;
- instrument supports at the lower ends of the plurality of tubes for supporting medical instruments placed in said first passages while allowing a fluid to circulate through said first passages, and a unitary cover for seating on said base so as to cover said instruments.
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Abstract
A sterilization tray assembly for medical instruments has a unitary base including a plurality of tubes defining first passages, each first passage having open upper and lower ends, a first web connecting and supporting the tubes in parallel spaced-apart relation so that a fluid can circulate around and between the tubes, and instrument supports at the lower ends of the tubes for supporting medical instruments placed in the first passages while allowing a fluid to circulate through said first passages. The assembly also includes a unitary cover for seating on the base so as to cover and segregate the instruments supported by the base.
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21 Claims
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1. A sterilization tray assembly for medical instruments, said assembly comprising
a unitary base including a plurality of tubes defining first passages, each first passage having open upper and lower ends, a first web having a periphery and connecting and supporting said tubes in parallel spaced-apart relation so that a fluid can circulate around and between said tubes; -
instrument supports at the lower ends of the plurality of tubes for supporting medical instruments placed in said first passages while allowing a fluid to circulate through said first passages, and a unitary cover for seating on said base so as to cover said instruments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A sterilization tray assembly for medical instruments, said assembly comprising
a base including a top wall, a plurality of tubes extending down from said top wall in parallel spaced-apart relation, said tubes defining first passages, each first passage having an open upper end at said top wall and a lower end, instrument supports at the lower ends of the plurality of tubes for supporting medical instruments placed in said first passages while allowing a fluid to circulate through said first passages and a peripheral wall extending down from said top wall so as to surround said tubes, and a cover for seating on the base so as to cover said instruments, said cover including a top wall, a plurality of sleeves extending down from said top wall of the cover in parallel spaced-apart relation, said sleeves defining second passages, each second passages having open upper and lower ends, said lower ends having substantially the same cross-sections as the upper ends of said first passages and a peripheral wall extending down from the top wall of the cover so as to surround said sleeves whereby when the cover is seated on the base, the corresponding first and second passages are co-linear and the peripheral wall of the cover overlaps the peripheral wall of the base.
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