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Laparoscopic instrument tray system

  • US 5,451,380 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1994
  • Issued: 09/19/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A laparoscopic instrument tray system comprising:

  • first and second tray sides spaced from each other, said tray sides each having a lower edge and being at least as long as the length of a laparoscopic instrument to be stored therein;

    means connected to both said first and second sides for retaining said first and second sides in a position where they are spaced from each other;

    first and second cross bars extending at least a portion of the space between said sides, both said first and second cross bars having notches therein, said first cross bar being positioned in said tray with its notches directed upwardly and said second cross bar being positioned in said tray with its notches directed downwardly, said notches in said cross bars being sized to receive the cannula of a laparoscopic instrument, said first cross bar being sufficiently high so that the handle of the laparoscopic instrument engaged in a notch therein is above said lower edges of said sides so that a laparoscopic instrument can be engaged in a notch under said second cross bar and over said first cross bar to releasably retain a laparoscopic instrument in said tray with its handle above the lower edge of said tray sides.

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