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Sterilization, storage, and presentation container for surgical instruments

  • US 4,798,292 A
  • Filed: 04/03/1987
  • Issued: 01/17/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A container for the sterilization and storage of surgical instruments and materials and for the subsequent presentation of said surgical instruments and materials during a surgical procedure, which container comprises:

  • a tray comprising a bottom with spaced, permanent apertures, a peripheral shelf around the bottom, surrounding sidewalls, and a marginal flange around the upper periphery of said sidewalls;

    a cover removably mounted on said tray and defining an interior chamber therewith, said cover being carried on said marginal flange of said tray and having a plurality of spaced, permanent apertures;

    a removable insert board having a plurality of spaced, permanent apertures for admitting a sterilizing medium into intimate contact with said surgical instruments and materials;

    and support means on said insert board for releasably supporting said surgical instruments and materials in a readily accessible manner comprising pegs configured a hollow tubes for the passage of sterilizing medium, each peg having an upper end and a bottom end, said bottom end terminating in a stop and having longitudinal slots extending an incremental distance toward said upper end, said slots forming legs in said hollow tube, said pegs being adapted to being inserted upwardly through said spaced apertures until said stop engages the bottom surface of said insert board with said legs providing a resilient engagement of said pegs in said apertures.

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