Medical tool kit
AssigneeZOLL Medical Corporation
InventorsJeffrey D. Gerstner, Robert Gerstner
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Abstract
A medical tool kit is provided for packaging, storing, and transporting medical instruments and tools of various types. The medical tool kit is capable of providing continuing sterilization to the medical instruments and tools kept inside the medical tool kit after the tool case is opened during its normal use in a medical procedure. The medical tool kit is further capable of emitting a GPS tracking signal to identify the location of an opened medical tool kit during an emergency as well as creating hands free communication between the user of the medical tool kit and local emergency institutions.
Claims32
A medical tool kit for storing and transporting medical instruments and supplies, comprising:
- a case housing that includes a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part and the second housing part being movable with respect to each other between a closed configuration and an open configuration;
- a central processing unit;
- a memory storage device that stores medical procedure information;
- a communication assembly configured to use a wireless communication protocol;
- a touchscreen display device secured to the case housing, the memory storage device, central processing unit, and the touch screen display device being configured to provide user access to the medical procedure information that is stored by the memory storage device as a result of user interaction with the touchscreen display device;
- a battery to power the touchscreen display device;
- a plurality of medical instruments and medical supplies included within an interior of the case housing;
- and
- a switch operably coupled to the battery and to the case housing;
- wherein the central processing unit and the touchscreen display device are configured to provide user access to additional medical procedural information received via a wireless communication connection provided via the communication assembly;
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- wherein the switch is configured to move from an open position to a closed position in response to movement of the first and second housing parts from the closed configuration to the open configuration, the switch being in the closed position allowing the battery to supply power to the touchscreen display device.
A medical tool kit for storing and transporting medical instruments and supplies, comprising:
- a case housing that includes a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part and the second housing part being as with respect to each other between a closed configuration and an open configuration;
- a central processing unit;
- a memory storage device that stores medical procedure information;
- a communication assembly configured to use a wireless communication protocol;
- a touchscreen display device secured to the case housing, the memory storage device, central processing unit, and the touch screen display device being configured to provide user access to the medical procedure information that is stored by the memory storage device as a result of user interaction with the touchscreen display device;
- a battery to power the touchscreen display device;
- a plurality of medical instruments and medical supplies included within an interior of the ease housing;
- a position signaling device adapted to transmit a geographical location of the medical tool kit;
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- a switch operably coupled to the battery and to the case housing;
- wherein the switch is configured to move from an open position to a closed position in response to movement of the first and second housing parts from the closed configuration to the open configuration, the switch being in the closed position allowing the battery to supply power to the position signaling device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.