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Disposable tray for contrast media medical procedures

  • US 5,163,557 A
  • Filed: 08/16/1991
  • Issued: 11/17/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tray assembly for holding a set of medical products for use in a selected procedure, the assembly comprising:

  • a one-piece tray base, the tray base defining a sterile region, a non-sterile region, and a demarcation zone between the regions, the tray base defining a sealing surface with a sealing surface portion peripherally around each of the sterile and non-sterile regions, each sealing surface portion including part of the demarcation zone;

    the tray base sterile region defining a plurality of medical product-receiving pockets, each pocket having an internal bottom, within which the set of medical products for use in the selected procedure are contained;

    the tray base non-sterile region defining a pocket having an integral bottom in which a vial of contrast agent which is unsuited to sterilization is contained;

    a first lid portion sealed to the sealing surface portion around the tray base sterile region, the first lid portion being impermeable to pathogenic microorganisms, whereby pathogenic microorganisms are blocked from contaminating the sterile region, the medical products, and an interior of the first lid portion, the first lid portion including at least a portion which is permeable to gaseous sterilants, whereby the medical products, the sterile region, and the interior of the first lid portion are sterilizable after the first lid portion is sealed to the tray;

    a second lid portion sealed to the sealing surface portion around the non-sterile tray base region;

    wherein either one of the sealed sterile region and sealed non-sterile region can be separately opened without affecting the seal integrity of the other sealed region.

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