Surgical kit with multiple planar recess surfaces

• US 6,896,141 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2002
• Issued: 05/24/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Avent Incorporated (Avanos Medical, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: McMichael, Donald J., Foster, Mark E.
• Primary Examiner(s): FOSTER, JIMMY G
• Application Number:
  US10/085,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20030159969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,181 Days
• Field of Search: 206/564, 206363-370, 206/438, 206/439, 206/440, 206570-572, 220/527, 220/528
• US Class Current: 206/571
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2050/0065 Peelable cover
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/30 Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 50/33 Trays

Abstract

A surgical kit, for example a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy kit, includes a tray having a plurality of recesses formed therein for receiving surgical implements. A substantially rigid accessory item container is received in a container recess defined in the tray. The container is removable from the tray and includes a base member and a lid. A securing device may be configured between the base member and the lid so that the container is reclosable.

Claims

1. A surgical kit, comprising:

an integral tray;

a plurality of surgical articles comprising a first, second and third surgical article;

a first planar surface defined within the tray and defining a first planar surface recess disposed therein, said first surgical article being disposed in the first planar surface recess;

a second planar surface defined within the tray and defining a second planar surface recess disposed therein, said second surgical article being disposed in the second planar surface recess, the second planar surface being vertically offset from the first planar surface; and

a third planar surface defined within the tray and defining a third planar surface recess disposed therein, said third surgical article being disposed in the third elanar surface recess, the third planar surface being vertically offset from the first planar surface and the second planar surface; and

wherein said first, second, and third planar surfaces are all at least partially outside of the perimeter defined by one another, and wherein said first and second planar surface recesses are positioned within said tray and said first and second surgical articles are disposed in said tray such that the second surgical article must be removed from said tray prior to access being provided to the first surgical article, said first, second and third surgical articles correspondingly arranged in said tray such that unobstructed access is provided to said first, second and third surgical articles in their order of use for a particular surgical procedure.

4. The surgical kit as in claim 1, further comprising a cover adapted to be placed over said tray.

5. The surgical kit as in claim 1, further comprising at least one boss extending upwardly from at least one of said planar surfaces, said boss configured for extending through at least a portion of a surgical article.

6. The surgical kit as in claim 5, wherein said boss extends through a handle portion of a snare device.

2. A surgical kit, comprising:

an integral tray;

a first planar surface defined within the tray and defining a first planar surface recess disposed therein, a first surgical article disposed in the first planar surface recess;

a second planar surface defined within the tray and defining a second planar surface recess disposed therein, a second surgical article disposed in the second planar surface recess, the second planar surface being vertically offset from the first planar surface; and

a third planar surface defined within the tray and defining a third planar surface recess disposed therein, a third surgical article disposed in the third planar surface recess, the third planar surface being vertically offset from the first planar surface and the second planar surface; and

wherein the second planar surface is at least partially outside of the perimeter defined by the first planar surface, and wherein said first and second planar surface recesses are positioned within said tray and said first and second surgical articles are disposed in said tray such that the second surgical article must be removed from said tray prior to access being provided to the first surgical article, said first and second articles correspondingly arranged in said tray such that unobstructed access is provided to said first and second articles in their order of use for a particular surgical procedure; and

a removable container adapted to fit at least partially within said tray, said container adapted to rest upon at least a portion of said first planar surface while providing access to at least one said recess defined in said first planar surface, said container being reclosable and containing at least one accessory article useful in performing the surgical procedure.

3. The surgical kit as in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of said recesses defined in said first planar surface below said container such that said container must be removed from said tray prior to having access to articles contained in said recesses below said tray.

7. A surgical kit, comprising:

a tray comprising a plurality of planar surfaces defined therein;

a plurality of article recesses defined in said planar surfaces such that at least one said recess is defined in each of said planar surfaces, each said recess having a shape for receipt of a particular surgical article therein; and

wherein said planar surfaces are arranged such that each said planar surface is offset vertically with respect to at least one other said planar surface and said recesses positioned within said tray such that articles in at least one upper said planar surface must be removed from said tray prior to access being provided to articles in at least one lower said planar surface, said articles correspondingly arranged in said tray such that unobstructed access is provided to said articles in their order of use for a particular surgical procedure;

further comprising at least one boss extending upwardly from at least one of said planar surfaces, said boss configured for extending through at least a portion of a surgical article;

wherein said boss extends through a handle portion of a snare device; and

wherein said snare device overlies at least a portion of another said article received in a recess defined below the position of said snare device.

8. The surgical kit as in claim 7, wherein said article in said recess below said snare device comprises a percutaneous gastrostomy tube.

9. The surgical kit as in claim 8, further comprising a coiled guide wire overlying a portion of said percutaneous gastrostomy tube.

10. A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) kit comprising:

a tray, said tray further comprising

a first planar surface comprising at least one recess disposed within the first planar surface,

a second planar surface comprising at least one recess disposed within the second planar surface, the second planar surface being offset from the first planar surface,

a third planar surface comprising at least one recess disposed within the third planar surface, the third planar surface being offset from the first planar surfaces

a container at least partially fitting within the tray, the container resting upon at least one of the plurality of planar surfaces while leaving at least one said recess in said planar surface exposed, wherein the planar surface onto which the container rests is at least partially outside of the perimeter defined by at least two of the other planar surfaces of the tray, the container adapted to be reclosable and to retain accessory articles useful in performing a medical procedure; and

a cover adapted to be placed over the tray;

wherein each recess is adapted to hold at least one article useful in performing a medical procedure.

11. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein at least one said recess disposed in said first planar surface is adapted hold a looped placement wire.

12. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein at least one said recess disposed in said second planar surface is adapted to hold at least a portion of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube.

13. The PEG kit as in claim 12, wherein said percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube comprises a bumper, said bumper disposed within at least one said recess in said second planar surface.

14. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein at least one said recess disposed in said third planar surface is adapted to hold an introducer cannula.

15. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein said cover rests on a peripheral edge of said tray.

16. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein at least one said recess disposed in said first planar surface is adapted to retain at least a portion of a guide wire.

17. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein at least one said recess disposed in said second planar surface is adapted to retain an exterior tube retention device.

18. The PEG kit as in claim 10, wherein said container rests on at least a portion of said first planar surface.

19. A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) kit comprising:

a tray, said tray further comprising

a first planar surface comprising at least one recess disposed within the first planar surface,

a second planar surface comprising at least one recess disposed within the second planar surface, the second planar surface being offset from the first planar surface,

a third planar surface comprising at least one recess disposed within the third planar surface, the third planar surface being offset from the first planar surface

a container at least partially within the tray, the container resting upon the first planar surface while leaving at least one said recess in said first planar surface exposed, the container adapted to be reclosable and to retain accessory articles useful in performing a medical procedure; and

a cover adapted to be placed over the tray;

wherein each recess is adapted to hold at least one article useful in performing a medical procedure;

wherein at least one of said planar surfaces comprises at least one boss extending upwardly from the surface.

20. The PEG kit as in claim 19, wherein said boss extends upwardly from said second planar surface.