Surgical Instrumentation Set

• US 20180168765A1
• Filed: 07/11/2016
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Novastep, Inc. (Enovis Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Novastep, Inc. (Enovis Corp.)
• Inventors: GIROD, Loc, LE BESQUE, Rmi, ZELENSKY, Nicholas E
• Granted Patent: US 10,639,121 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/311 Cases
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/22 Racks
• 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 50/312 Doctors' or nurses' bags
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 19/02 Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags A61C5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 3/04 Supports for holding tooth drills in order of use
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 17/00 First-aid kits
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/002 Packages specially adapted therefor, e.g. for syringes or needles, kits for diabetics needle protection, e.g. caps, A61M5/3202; for sharps A61B50/3001
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/008 Racks for supporting syringes or needles A61M5/001 takes precedence

Abstract

A surgical instrumentation assembly including: a storage tube having a service opening, a sealing member for closing off the service opening, a plurality of surgical instruments for temporary use, and a holder comprising a plurality of attachment elements configured to detachably attach the surgical instruments to the holder. The storage tube contains the holder and the sterile surgical instruments when the sealing member closes off the service opening.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A surgical instrumentation set comprising at least:

one storage tube having a service opening,

one obturating member configured to obturate the service opening,

several surgical instruments intended for a temporary use, and

one support including several fastening elements configured to fasten the surgical instruments to the support in a detachable manner, the support and the surgical instruments forming a subset when the surgical instruments are fastened to the support;

the storage tube being configured to house the subset, so as to store the subset in a sterile condition when the obturating member obturates the service opening, and the subset being shaped so as to be extracted from the storage tube through the service opening.

19. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the surgical instruments are selected from the group consisting of screwdriver bits, drills, wires, tubular envelopes containing at least one wire, counterboring cutters, gauges and measuring rulers.

20. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the service opening is located at one end of the storage tube.

21. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the support is at least partially flexible so as to switch:

from a storage configuration, in which the support envelops the surgical instruments so that the subset may be housed in the storage tube,

to a service configuration, in which the support is deployed so that an operator can detach the surgical instruments from the fastening elements.

22. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 21, wherein the support is configured to be in the rolled-up state in the storage configuration and in the rolled-out state in the service configuration.

23. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 21, wherein at least one portion of the fastening elements form passages, each passage being configured to pass at least one portion of a respective surgical instrument.

24. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the support comprises a rod, the fastening elements being secured to the rod, the fastening elements being distributed over the circumference of the rod.

25. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 24, wherein the support has a basis disposed at an end region of the rod, the basis being configured to rest on a horizontal surface.

26. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 24, wherein the rod has a gripping portion located in an end region of the rod, the gripping portion being located close to the service opening when the storage tube houses the subset.

27. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the fastening elements comprise at least one collar configured to fasten at least one of the surgical instruments by elastic snap-fit.

28. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the support comprises a handle adapted to be manipulated by an operator, the handle having an attachment portion configured to selectively attach one of the surgical instruments in a detachable manner.

29. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 28, wherein fastening elements are formed by longitudinal grooves formed at the outer surface of the handle, each longitudinal groove being adapted to house a portion of a respective surgical instrument so as to fasten said surgical instrument by elastic snap-fit.

30. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 28, wherein the handle has a central cavity adapted to house at least one surgical instrument.

31. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the storage tube has at least one translucent portion, for example a transparent portion.

32. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the storage tube is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG), a polycarbonate (PC) and a polypropylene.

33. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, wherein the storage tube has a length comprised between 70 mm and 300 mm, and wherein the storage tube has a transverse dimension, measured in a plane perpendicular to the length, comprised between 20 mm and 100 mm.

34. The surgical instrumentation set according to claim 18, further comprising:

a protective tube configured to house the storage tube, and

an outer plug configured to plug the protective tube when the protective tube houses the storage tube.