Instrument tray with instrument supports
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1. A tray for handling medical instruments comprising:
- a rectangular frame having inner and outer frame walls joined at a top frame rim, the frame including opposing sides and ends;
a plurality of instrument supports extending laterally across the frame and adjoining the inner frame walls at the opposing sides, each instrument support including;
a pair of pegs spaced apart by a generally flat central rib;
an inner radius section adjoining each peg; and
an outer radius section spaced apart from the inner radius section by a slot;
a frame floor adjoining the instrument supports and the inner frame walls; and
a pair of finger slots in the opposing sides in between the inner and outer frame walls for grasping the tray.
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Abstract
A medical instrument tray has a frame of opposing side and end walls having inner and outer panels. Instrument supports extend across the frame and join to inner panels of the side walls. The instrument supports have pegs separated by a central plateau, radiused sections for supporting round instruments, and slots for supporting a flat handle instrument such as scalpel. Finger slots are provided on the bottom side of the tray to allow the tray to be easily carried with the fingers away from the sharp edges or points of the instruments.
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1. A tray for handling medical instruments comprising:
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a rectangular frame having inner and outer frame walls joined at a top frame rim, the frame including opposing sides and ends; a plurality of instrument supports extending laterally across the frame and adjoining the inner frame walls at the opposing sides, each instrument support including; a pair of pegs spaced apart by a generally flat central rib; an inner radius section adjoining each peg; and an outer radius section spaced apart from the inner radius section by a slot; a frame floor adjoining the instrument supports and the inner frame walls; and a pair of finger slots in the opposing sides in between the inner and outer frame walls for grasping the tray. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A medical instrument tray comprising:
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a generally rectangular frame having an inner frame wall and an outer frame wall joined at a top frame rim, the frame including a first side and a second side and a first end and a second end; a plurality of instrument supports extending laterally across the frame, each instrument support comprising; a first ledge joined to the inner frame wall at the first side; a first slot extending through a first radius section; a first peg joined to the first radius section; a generally flat central plateau joined to the first peg; a second peg joined to the central plateau and spaced apart from the first peg; a second radius section joined to the second peg; a second slot extending through the second radius section; a second ledge joined to the second radius section and to the inner frame wall at the second side; a frame floor joined to the instrument supports and the inner frame walls; and finger slots in the first side and the second side in between the inner and outer frame walls, for grasping the underside of the tray.
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