CONTAINER FOR STORING A CRYOSURGERY DEVICE

• US 20090234346A1
• Filed: 12/11/2008
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Scholl's Wellness Company LLC
• Original Assignee: Schering-Plough Healthcare Products Incorporated (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: McBride, Robert T. JR., Gedanke, Sergio, Brozell, Leonora M., Keung, Wing-Kwong
• Granted Patent: US 8,506,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/25
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 18/0218 with open-end cryogenic probe, e.g. for spraying fluid directly on tissue or via a tissue-contacting porous tip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/006 perpendicular to the lid plane, e.g. by a downward movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3015 transparent
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/20 Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02
• 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

Abstract

A container for a cryosurgery device which includes a cryogen bottle. The container includes a container body including an internal space sufficiently large to hold the cryogen bottle; a valve actuation assembly mechanically coupled to the container body, the valve actuation assembly configured to actuate a valve on the cryogen bottle; and a reservoir positioned relative to the valve actuation assembly so that the reservoir receives cryogen from the cryogen bottle when the valve on the cryogen bottle is actuated using the valve actuation assembly.

Claims

1. A container for a cryosurgery device which includes a cryogen bottle, comprising:

a container body including an internal space configured to hold the cryogen bottle;

a valve actuation assembly mechanically coupled to the container body, the valve actuation assembly configured to actuate a valve on the cryogen bottle;

a reservoir positioned relative to the valve actuation assembly so that the reservoir receives refrigerant from the cryogen bottle when the valve on the cryogen bottle is actuated using the valve actuation assembly.

2. The container of claim 1, wherein the reservoir is situated beneath the valve actuation assembly.

3. The container of claim 1, further comprising:

a base, wherein the valve actuation assembly and the reservoir are integral parts of the base; and

a cover configured to form a closed volume with the base, the closed volume dimensioned large enough to contain the cryogen bottle.

4. The container of claim 3, wherein a width and a depth of the base are substantially greater than a diameter of the cryogen bottle and a diameter of the valve actuating assembly.

5. The container of claim 3, wherein the base includes a first depression into which the cryogen bottle may be placed.

6. The container of claim 5, wherein the first depression is approximately frustoconical.

7. The container of claim 6, wherein the first depression has an approximately circular bottom and is oriented such that when the cryogen bottle is placed in the first depression, the cryogen bottle is tilted back from a vertical position.

8. The container of claim 3, wherein the base includes a second depression configured to receive applicator tubes for the cryogen bottle.

9. The container of claim 8, wherein the second depression has approximately a shape of a rectangular prism.

10. The container of claim 9, wherein the base includes a door that closes off the second depression when the door is in a closed position.

11. The container of claim 3, wherein the cover is substantially transparent.

12. The container of claim 9, wherein the base includes a third depression contiguous with the second depression.

13. The container of claim 12, wherein the third depression has approximately a shape of an arch.

14. The container of claim 3, wherein the base includes a fourth depression having a shape of an oblong slot.

15. A cryosurgery kit, comprising:

a cryogen bottle;

a container holding the cryogen bottle; and

a valve actuation assembly mechanically coupled to the container, the valve actuation assembly configured to actuate a valve on the cryogen bottle.

16. The cryosurgery kit of claim 15, wherein the container further comprises a base, and wherein the valve actuation assembly is an integral part of the base.

17. The cryosurgery kit of claim 15, further comprising:

a liquid storage reservoir coupled to the container, the reservoir positioned relative to the valve actuation assembly so that the reservoir receives cryogen from the cryogen bottle when the valve on the cryogen bottle is actuated using the valve actuation assembly.

18. The cryosurgery kit of claim 16, wherein the reservoir is an integral part of the base.

19. The cryosurgery kit of claim 16, further comprising:

a transparent cover coupled to the base.

20. The cryosurgery kit of claim 16, wherein the base includes a frustoconical-shaped depression, a rectangular-prism shaped depression having a substantially transparent door, and a slot-shaped depression.

21. The cryosurgery kit of claim 20, wherein the cryogen bottle is situated in the frustoconical-shaped depression.

22. The cryosurgery kit of claim 20, further comprising:

a plurality of applicator tips situated in the rectangular-shaped depression; and

an information booklet situated in the slot-shaped depression.

23. A container for a cryosurgery kit, comprising:

a base means configured for holding a plurality of kit components;

an activator means for activating a cryogen bottle, the activator means formed as an integral component of the container; and

a reservoir means for receiving refrigerant from the cryogen bottle when the cryogen bottle is activated by the activator means.

24. The container of claim 23, further comprising:

a transparent cover means for forming a closed volume with the base means, the closed volume containing the plurality of kit components.

25. A container for a cryosurgery device which includes a cryogen bottle, comprising:

a container body including an internal space sufficiently large to hold the cryogen bottle;

a valve actuation assembly mechanically coupled to the container body, the valve actuation assembly configured to actuate a valve on the cryogen bottle;

a reservoir positioned relative to the valve actuation assembly so that the reservoir receives refrigerant from the cryogen bottle when the valve on the cryogen bottle is actuated using the valve actuation assembly;

a base, wherein the valve actuation assembly and the reservoir are integral parts of the base; and

a cover configured to form a closed volume with the base, the closed volume dimensioned large enough to contain the cryogen bottle;

wherein the reservoir is situated beneath the valve actuation assembly;

the base includes a first depression into which the cryogen bottle may be placed;

the first depression is approximately frustoconical;

the first depression has an approximately circular bottom and is oriented such that when the cryogen bottle is placed in the first depression, the cryogen bottle is tilted back from a vertical position;

the base includes a second depression in which applicator tubes may be stored;

the second depression has approximately a shape of a rectangular prism;

the base includes a door that closes off the second depression when the door is in a closed position;

the cover is substantially transparent;

the base includes a third depression contiguous with the second depression;

the third depression has approximately a shape of an arch; and

the base includes a fourth depression having a shape of an oblong slot.

26. A cryosurgery kit, comprising:

a cryogen bottle;

a container holding the cryogen bottle;

a valve actuation assembly mechanically coupled to the container, the valve actuation assembly configured to actuate a valve on the cryogen bottle;

a liquid storage reservoir coupled to the container, the reservoir positioned relative to the valve actuation assembly so that the reservoir receives refrigerant from the cryogen bottle when the valve on the cryogen bottle is actuated using the valve actuation assembly;

a transparent cover coupled to the base;

a plurality of applicator tips; and

an information booklet;

wherein the container further comprises a base;

the valve actuation assembly is an integral part of the base;

the reservoir is an integral part of the base;

the base includes a frustoconical-shaped depression, a rectangular-prism shaped depression having a substantially transparent door, and a slot-shaped depression;

the cryogen bottle is situated in the frustoconical-shaped depression;

the plurality of applicator tips are situated in the rectangular-shaped depression; and

the information booklet is situated in the slot-shaped depression.