Surgical kit recovery and reuse system
AssigneeCrossroads Extremity Systems, LLC
InventorsRobert Glen Coleman, Michael Chad Hollis, Vernon Raymond Hartdegen
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Abstract
A terminally sterilized medical procedure kit includes a recovered item and a new item packaged together as a single stock keeping unit. A method for processing at least a portion of a first medical procedure kit includes the steps of receiving a recoverable item of the first kit, performing a processing operation on the recoverable item, providing a new item, combining the recoverable item and the new item in a second kit, and terminally sterilizing the second kit. A method for recovering at least a portion of a terminally sterilized medical procedure kit includes the steps of purchasing a recoverable item of the first kit from an owner and receiving the recoverable item by the purchaser.
Claims6
A system comprising:
- a recovery container comprising barrier packaging suitable for shipping a biohazard;
- and
- a kit;
- wherein the kit further comprises:
- at least one first medical device,
- wherein the first medical device is a new medical device having previously not been used in a medical procedure and adapted to engage with an implant or an instrument adapted to engage with a patient's anatomy;
- at least one second medical device,
- wherein the second medical device is a used medical instrument having been previously used in a prior medical procedure and adapted to engage with an implant or an instrument adapted to engage with a patient's anatomy;
- wherein subsequent the prior medical procedure the second medical device is recovered and processed such that it may be used again in another medical procedure, then stored in an inventory location, separate from the first medical device;
- and
- an outer package further comprising:
- a first tray, wherein the first tray contains a plurality of wells;
- and wherein the first tray contains the first medical device and the second medical device;
- wherein the first and second medical devices are terminally sterilized after being placed in and sealed within the first tray;
- and
- wherein the outer package is sealed after the first tray is inserted within the outer package.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.