Sterilization tray system for surgical instruments
First Claim
1. A modular sterilization tray system for medical instruments comprisinga rigid substantially rectangular case having a pair of opposite side walls, a pair of opposite end walls and a bottom wall;
- means defining a plurality of vertical columns of vertically spaced apart uniform size holes in opposite walls of the case;
one or more substantially rectilinear instrument trays for placement in said case, the length and width dimensions of each of said trays being directly related to the spacing of said columns of holes in the case opposite walls such that said one or more trays may be positioned within said case so as to be bracketed by selected columns of holes;
fixation means for positioning in selected holes of the bracketing columns of holes in the case opposite walls for fixing the position of said one or more trays at a selected elevation in said case;
an array of holes in the case bottom wall, andan instrument fixating bracket releasably mounted to a wall of said case, said bracket includinga main body, andfastening means connected to said body through a pair of holes in the case.
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Abstract
A modular sterilization tray system for medical instruments comprises a rigid, substantially rectangular case having a pair of opposite side walls, a pair of opposite end walls and a bottom wall. A plurality of vertical columns of vertically spaced apart uniform size holes are formed in the case side walls and end walls. Also, one or more substantially rectilinear instrument trays are provided for placement in the case, the length and width dimensions of each of the trays being directly related to the spacing of the columns of holes in the case side and end walls such that one or more trays may be positioned within the case so as to be bracketed by selected columns of holes. The system also includes fixtures for positioning in selected holes of the bracketing columns of holes for fixing the position of one or more trays at a selected elevation in the case and fixation brackets for variously shaped instruments placed in the trays.
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1. A modular sterilization tray system for medical instruments comprising
a rigid substantially rectangular case having a pair of opposite side walls, a pair of opposite end walls and a bottom wall; -
means defining a plurality of vertical columns of vertically spaced apart uniform size holes in opposite walls of the case; one or more substantially rectilinear instrument trays for placement in said case, the length and width dimensions of each of said trays being directly related to the spacing of said columns of holes in the case opposite walls such that said one or more trays may be positioned within said case so as to be bracketed by selected columns of holes; fixation means for positioning in selected holes of the bracketing columns of holes in the case opposite walls for fixing the position of said one or more trays at a selected elevation in said case; an array of holes in the case bottom wall, and an instrument fixating bracket releasably mounted to a wall of said case, said bracket including a main body, and fastening means connected to said body through a pair of holes in the case. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24)
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21. A modular sterilization tray system for medical instruments comprising
a rigid, substantially rectangular case having a pair of opposite side walls, a pair of opposite end walls and a bottom wall; -
means defining a plurality of vertical columns of vertically spaced apart holes in opposite walls of the case; means defining an array of holes in the bottom wall of the case; one or more substantially rectilinear instrument trays for placement in said case, each of said trays having a bottom wall, the length and width dimension of each of said trays being related directly to the spacing of said columns of holes in the case opposite walls such that said one or more trays may be positioned within said case so as to be bracketed by selected columns of holes, and an instrument-fixating bracket releasably mounted to a said bottom wall, said bracket including a main body, and fastening means connected to said main body and releasably connected to a said bottom wall. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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