Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Physical type apparatus – Apparatus for treating solid article or material with fluid...
Patent
1994-09-26
1996-06-11
Warden, Robert J.
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Physical type apparatus
Apparatus for treating solid article or material with fluid...
422297, 206369, 206379, 433 77, 211 69, A61L 200, B65D 8520, A61G 1516
Patent
active
055253148
ABSTRACT:
A surgical tool container system for the organization, sterilization, storage and presentation of a group of surgical instruments for selection and retrieval by a medical practitioner during a surgical procedure. The container system includes an outer case having separable base and lid portions with a tool-holding tray removably inserted within the base portion of the case. The tray is provided with a plurality of holes formed therethrough and wherein a respective plurality of elastomeric grommets are fixed to the tray. Each grommet includes an axially extending bore wherein the shank of a surgical tool may be inserted and frictionally engaged in a generally upright orientation with respect to the tray. The grommets removably secure the tools in their original positions within the container regardless of container orientation, yet also permit the quick and easy one-hand retrieval of a tool from the container during a surgical procedure, as well as equally quick and easy replacement of the tool within the container for subsequent sterilization and use cycles.
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Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
Dawson E. Leigh
Larson Craig E.
McGuire Katherine
Warden Robert J.
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