SURGICAL INSTRUMENT PACKAGE AND HANDLING PROCEDURE
First Claim
1. An instrument package for use in surgical operations comprising a lower tray having a support surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein to receive surgical instruments;
- and an upper tray having a lower surface, an upper surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein to receive surgical instruments, and wall means depending from the periphery of said upper surface to define with said lower surface a pocket having a shape to mate with said lower tray, said wall means extending above the periphery of said upper surface such that said upper surface forms a basin with said wall means, said upper tray being superposed over said lower tray with said support surface of said lower tray confined in said pocket whereby said lower tray is protected from contamination by said pocket in said upper tray.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a surgical instrument package for operating components and an instrument handling procedure incorporating highly desirable safety features. The package of this invention includes several trays shaped for nesting or stacking with compartments in each tray for receiving surgical instruments. The instruments are arranged in the trays in order of use with the overlying tray exposing all the instruments necessary for the first phase or sub-procedure of the operation while effectively guarding against inadvertently picking up instruments to be used in the subsequent sub-procedures.
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14 Claims
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1. An instrument package for use in surgical operations comprising a lower tray having a support surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein to receive surgical instruments;
- and an upper tray having a lower surface, an upper surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein to receive surgical instruments, and wall means depending from the periphery of said upper surface to define with said lower surface a pocket having a shape to mate with said lower tray, said wall means extending above the periphery of said upper surface such that said upper surface forms a basin with said wall means, said upper tray being superposed over said lower tray with said support surface of said lower tray confined in said pocket whereby said lower tray is protected from contamination by said pocket in said upper tray.
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2. An instrument package for use in surgical operations comprising a lower tray having a support surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein to receive surgical instruments, and a peripheral wall disposed around and extending above said support surface such that said support surface forms a basin with said peripheral wall;
- and an upper tray having a lower surface, an upper surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein to receive surgical instruments, and wall means depending from the periphery of said upper surface to define with said lower surface a pocket having a shape to mate with said lower tray, said upper tray being superposed over said lower tray with said support surface of said lower tray confined in said pocket whereby said lower tray is protected from contamination by said pocket in said upper tray.
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3. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 2 wherein said upper tray and said lower tray are each integrally formed.
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4. An instrument package for use in surgical operations comprising a plurality of surgical instruments;
- a lower tray having a support surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein receiving predetermined ones of said instruments; and
an upper tray having a lower surface, an upper surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein receiving the others of said instruments, and wall means depending from the periphery of said upper surface to define with said lower surface a pocket having a shape to mate with said lower tray, said upper tray being superposed over said lower tray with said support sUrface of said lower tray confined in said pocket whereby said instruments in said lower tray are protected from contamination by said pocket in said upper tray.
- a lower tray having a support surface with a plurality of recessed compartments therein receiving predetermined ones of said instruments; and
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5. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said wall means of said upper tray extends above the periphery of said upper surface such that said upper surface forms a basin with said wall means.
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6. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said lower tray includes a peripheral wall disposed around and extending above said support surface such that said support surface forms a basin with said peripheral wall.
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7. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein there are a plurality of said upper trays in superposed relation, each of said plurality of upper trays having instrument receiving recessed compartments in the upper surface thereof and wall means defining a pocket with the lower surface thereof to confine the upper surface of the one of said upper trays immediately thereunder.
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8. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said recessed compartments of each of said upper and lower trays are interconnected by a channel for assistance in removing instruments placed therein.
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9. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said recessed compartments of said upper and lower trays include cylindrical recesses to permit vertical positioning of said surgical instruments.
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10. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said lower surface in said upper tray has a plurality of recessed compartments therein which cooperate with said recessed compartments in said support surface of said lower tray to form instrument receiving chambers when said upper and lower trays are in stacked superposed relation.
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11. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said upper and lower trays containing instruments are sterilized and have a vacuum sealed material sealing each tray separately.
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12. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said recessed compartments in said upper tray are shaped to mate with said others of said instruments, said others of said instruments being utilized in a first operation subprocedure, and said recessed compartments in said lower tray are shaped to mate with said predetermined ones of said instruments, said predetermined ones of said instruments being utilized in a second operation subprocedure performed after said first operation subprocedure whereby said lower tray is bared by removal of said upper tray to permit access to said predetermined ones of said instruments only after said first operation subprocedure is completed to prevent contamination of said predetermined ones of said instruments during said first operation subprocedure.
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13. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 12 wherein said recessed compartments in said lower tray are arranged along an edge of said support surface in accordance with order of use of said predetermined ones of said instruments during said second operation subprocedure, and said recessed compartments in said upper tray are arranged along an edge of said upper surface in accordance with order of use of others of said instruments during said first operation subprocedure.
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14. A package for instruments used in surgical operations as defined in claim 4 wherein said recessed compartments in said lower tray are shaped to mate with said predetermined ones of said instruments and are aligned along an edge of said support surface in arrangement in accordance with order of use of said predetermined ones of said instruments.
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