Medical instrument sterilization backer card
AssigneeSterileBits, Inc.
InventorsCraig Ford, Guy Brent Phipps, William Lawrence Patton, III, Robert James Jones
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Abstract
A medical instrument sterilization backer card includes a flap extending from an end of a base and foldable over the base to form an open-ended pocket that receives an end of a shaft of the medical instrument therein. A second flap extends from the base and is foldable over the base to form a shell defining a compartment configured to receive a head of the medical instrument therein. The assembled backer card holds and protects the medical instrument during and after sterilization.
Claims18
A medical instrument sterilization backer card, comprising:
- a generally planar base;
- a first flap extending from a first end of the base, the first flap movable from a non-deployed position extending away from the base to a deployed position folded over the base and forming an open-ended pocket configured to receive an end of a shaft of a medical instrument therein;
- a second flap extending from a second end of the base, the second flap movable between a non-deployed position extending away from the base to a deployed position over the base and forming a shell defining a compartment configured to receive a head of the medical instrument therein;
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- a locking mechanism for retaining the second flap into a folded, deployed position over the base;
- wherein the locking mechanism comprises a first locking member detachable from the base and a second locking member formed in the second flap that lockingly engages the first locking member;
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- wherein the first locking member comprises a wall lifted upwardly from the base and having a slot formed therein and a wing formed in the second flap and insertable into the slot of the wall.
A medical instrument sterilization backer card, comprising:
- a generally planar base;
- a first flap extending from a first end of the base, the first flap movable from a non-deployed position extending away from the base to a deployed position folded over the base and forming an open-ended pocket configured to receive an end of a shaft of a medical instrument therein;
- tabs extending from the first flap and insertable into tab slots of the base to hold the first flap in position over the base in the deployed position;
- a second flap extending from a second end of the base and having multiple sections, the second flap movable between a non-deployed position extending away from the base to a deployed position with the second flap sections being folded relative to one another to position the second flap over the base and form a shell defining a compartment configured to receive a head of the medical instrument therein;
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- a locking mechanism for retaining the second flap into a folded, deployed position over the base, the locking mechanism comprising a first locking member detachable from the base and a second locking member formed in the second flap that lockingly engages the first locking member, wherein the first locking member comprises a wall lifted upwardly from the base and having a slot formed therein and a wing formed in the second flap and insertable into the slot of the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.