MEDICAL PROCEDURE TRAY

• US 3,770,119 A
• Filed: 08/23/1971
• Issued: 11/06/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Omni Surgical LP
• Original Assignee: James L. Cabernoch, Wayne M. Hultberg
• Inventors: Hultberg, Wayne M., Cabernoch, James L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rothberg, Samuel B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lipman, Steven E.
• Application Number:
  US05/173,941
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 128/1R,2R,275,296,DIG.24 206/16S,46ST,47R,63.2R,63.5,72 220/65
• US Class Current: 206/439
• 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

Abstract

A sterile, medical procedure tray is disclosed, comprising a tray body having a raised rim about its periphery, and a sterile drape attached to the tray body and folded together within the rim. A gas-permeable, contamination-impermeable sheet is releasably attached to the periphery of the rim to aseptically enclose the drape and the tray body interior within the rim. Auxiliary trays can be provided which hook to the tray body to provide additional tray space.

Claims

1. A sterile medical procedure tray which comprises a tray body having a raised rim about its periphery, a sterile drape attached to said tray body within said rim, said drape being folded together within said rim, and a gas-permeable, contaminationimpermeable sheet releasably attached to the periphery of said rim to aseptically enclose said drape and the tray body interior within said rim, and at least one auxiliary tray, positioned underneath said gas-permeable, contamination-impermeable sheet within said rim, said auxiliary tray defining a peripheral protrusion to form a shoulder on one surface and an indentation on the other surface of said tray, said indentation being proportioned to fit over said rim in mating relationship to hook said trays together in position of use.

2. The medical procedure tray of claim 1 having a tray bottom which forms ridges for defining separate compartments for holding instruments, medicaments, and the like, and in which said drape overlies said tray bottom in contour-matching relationship, and is attached thereto.

3. The medical procedure tray of claim 1 in which said sterile drape has an aperture defined therein of smaller dimensioN than said rim, the drape edges defining said aperture being affixed to the inner portions of said rim.

4. A sterile medical procedure tray which comprises:

a tray body having a raised rim about its periphery, a sterile drape attached to said tray body within said rim, said drape being folded together within said rim, an auxiliary tray resting on said drape, said auxiliary tray defining a peripheral protrusion to form a shoulder on one surface and an indentation on the other surface of said auxiliary tray, said indentation being proportioned to fit over said rim in mating relationship to hook said tray body and said auxiliary tray together in position of use, and a gas-permeable, contamination-impermeable sheet releasably attached to the periphery of said rim to aseptically enclose said drape, auxiliary tray, and the tray body interior within said rim.

5. The medical procedure tray of claim 4 in which a plurality of auxiliary trays are included within the space sealed by said rim and contamination-impermeable sheet.