Medical utility storage assembly for reusable medical equipment

• US 5,938,646 A
• Filed: 10/17/1997
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas E. Carter
• Original Assignee: Thomas E. Carter
• Inventors: Carter, Thomas E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cho, David J.
• Application Number:
  US08/953,302
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• Field of Search: 604/317, 604/322, 604/408, 604/410, 220/419, 220/420, 220/404, 220/408, 220/908, 220/909, 220/524
• US Class Current: 604/317
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0056 about a lateral axis in the lid plane
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3008 having multiple compartments
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/3009 having means for connecting similar adjacent containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/318 Multi-pouches, e.g. strips of side-by-side pouches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/20 Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/36 for collecting or disposing of used articles

Abstract

A medical storage assembly for reusable medical equipment includes a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall which is operatively suspended from a mounting member that can be removably secured to a vertical support pole. A pivotable rigid lid member is connected to the mounting member and is configured to enable the closing of the opening of the medical storage bag. The medical storage bag can include a plurality of sub-storage bags that are removably mounted within the main storage bag and are removably connected together to provide open configurations whereby different types of reusable medical equipment can be stored. Alternatively, the main storage bag can hold used blood product containers and can be provided with an exterior compartment member of a configuration to hold medical forms that identify the recipient patient with the used blood product container.

Claims

1. A storage assembly for reusable medical equipment comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom an interconnecting wall, and a fastener band extending across a portion of an inside of the interconnecting wall;

a plurality of sub-storage bags removably mounted within the main storage bag, the sub-storage bags including complimentary fastener bands for fastening to the main storage bag fastener band and to each others thereby being removably connected together to provide open configurations for receiving medical equipment.

a mounting member for securing the main storage bag in an operative upright position;

means for removably mounting the mounting member about a supporting vertical pole to permit the storage bag to be operatively suspended from the mounting member; and

a rigid flat movable lid member connected to the mounting member and configured to enable the closing of the opening of the storage bag.

2. The storage assembly of claim 1 wherein the mounting member is a metallic band having a D-shaped opening for suspending the main storage bag.

3. The storage assembly of claim 1 wherein an opening of each sub-storage bag is a truncated sector of a circle.

4. The storage assembly of claim 1 wherein the fastener band and the complimentary fastener bands are made of a nap and hook material.

5. A storage assembly for reusable medical equipment comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall;

a mounting member for securing the main storage bag in an operative upright position;

means for removably mounting the mounting member about a supporting vertical pole to permit the storage bag to be operatively suspended from the mounting member;

a rigid flat movable lid member connected to the mounting member and configured to enable the closing of the opening of the storage bag, and p1 an exterior small bag of a dimension for receiving and holding written patient information forms relative to the used medical equipment stored in the main storage bag to enable a coordination of a patient with specific medical equipment.

6. A medical storage bag for receiving and storing a plurality of different reusable medical items comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall;

a plurality of sub-storage bags having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall of smaller size than the main storage bag;

fastener means for removably mounting and suspending the sub-storage bag on an interior portion of the interconnecting wall, the fastener means including a fastener band extending across a portion of an inside of the interconnecting wall, wherein the sub-storage bags include complimentary exterior fastener bands for fastening to the main storage bag fastener band and

means for removably interconnecting the sub-storage bags to each other to maintain their respective openings to be held in a predetermined open position whereby the main storage bag and the respective sub-storage bags can receive and store different medical items.

7. The medical bag of claim 6 wherein the fastener band and the complimentary fastener bands are made of one of a nap and hook material.

8. The medical storage bag of claim 6 wherein the opening of each sub-storage bag is a truncated sector of a circle.

9. The medical storage bag of claim 6 wherein the opening of each sub-storage bag encompasses an area generally defined by concentric arcs of a common angle.

10. The medical storage bag of claim 6 wherein each sub-storage bag includes an interior fastener means to interconnect two sides of the wall together.

11. A storage assembly for storing a plurality of reusable medical equipment items comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall;

a closure assembly is mounted about the opening and includes a pull member for closing and holding closed the main storage bag opening for transportation;

a plurality of sub-storage bags are removably mounted for suspension within the main storage bag, each sub-storage bag includes an opening, a bottom and a plurality of sides extending between the opening and the bottom, at least one side on each sub-storage bag is removably interconnected to another side of an adjacent sub-storage bag to maintain their respective openings in an operative position for receiving medical equipment items;

a metallic support member is removably mounted to the main storage bag for suspending the main storage bag and the plurality of sub-storage bags in operative positions;

a mounting bracket assembly is connected to the support member and is adapted for removable securement to a vertical support member; and

a rigid flat movable lid member is connected to the support member and is configured to close the opening of the main storage bag whereby the main storage bag is suspended from the metallic support member for receiving and segregating a plurality of reusable medical equipment items, a user can release the main storage bag from the metallic support member and activate the closure assembly to permit transportation of the reusable medical equipment items and the installing of a replacement main storage bag on the mounting bracket assembly.

12. The storage assembly of claim 11 wherein the closure assembly includes a tubular space about the opening of the main storage bag with a plurality of exterior openings and the metallic support member includes a plurality of hooks appropriately spaced for removably engaging the exterior openings to suspend the main storage bag.

13. The storage assembly of claim 12 wherein the metallic support member is a stainless steel band formed into substantially a D-shaped opening.

14. The storage assembly of claim 13 wherein the rigid flat movable lid member is mounted by a spring pivot assembly that permits the lid member to be held at any desired position from open to close.

15. The storage assembly of claim 14 wherein the mounting bracket assembly includes a vise member for engaging a support structure between a resilient support member.

16. A medical storage bag for receiving and storing a plurality of different reusable medical items comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall;

a plurality of sub-storage bags having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall of smaller size than the main storage bag, the opening of each sub-storage bag forming a truncated sector of a circle;

fastener means for removably mounting and suspending the sub-storage bag on an interior portion of the interconnecting wall; and

means for removably interconnecting the sub-storage bags to each other to maintain their respective openings to be held in a predetermined open position whereby the main storage bag and the respective sub-storage bags can receive and store different medical items.

17. A medical storage bag for receiving and storing a plurality of different reusable medical items comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall;

a plurality of sub-storage bags having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall of smaller size than the main storage bag, the opening of each sub-storage bag encompassing an area generally defined by concentric arcs of a common angle;

fastener means for removably mounting and suspending the sub-storage bag on an interior portion of the interconnecting wall; and

means for removably interconnecting the sub-storage bags to each other to maintain their respective openings to be held in a predetermined open position whereby the main storage bag and the respective sub-storage bags can receive and store different medical items.

18. A medical storage bag for receiving and storing a plurality of different reusable medical items comprising:

a main storage bag having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall;

a plurality of sub-storage bags having an opening, a bottom and an interconnecting wall of smaller size than the main storage bag;

fastener means for removably mounting and suspending the sub-storage bag on an interior portion of the interconnecting wall; and

means for removably interconnecting the sub-storage bags to each other to maintain their respective openings to be held in a predetermined open position whereby the main storage bag and the respective sub-storage bags can receive and store different medical items, wherein

each sub-storage bag includes an interior fastener means to interconnect two sides of the wall together.