Endoscope transportation device

A device for in-hospital transportation of flexible medical endoscopes, both before and after use, which device comprises:

• a re-usable tray having a downwardly-dished, inner compartment defined by a generally planar base, surrounding walls upstanding therefrom, and peripheral lip-portion(s) provided at least partially around said surrounding walls and extending outwardly therefrom, said re-usable tray being formed of a semi-rigid material which is capable of withstanding repeated disinfection, and being so constructed and dimensioned as when in use to provide support for a flexible medical endoscope coiled in a stress-free state therewithin;
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• a single-use, disposable tray-liner having margins extensive enough to be able when assembled with the re-usable tray to embrace and to detachably-engage at least a major part of said peripheral lip-portion(s) thereof and be thereby removably retained thereon, and an open-faced pouch provided centrally of said margins and being so constructed and dimensioned that in use said pouch is able to conform itself substantially to the downwardly-dished inner compartment of the re-usable tray, said tray-liner being formed of a flexibly deformable, sheet material substantially impermeable to bodily fluids;
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• a pouch-closing protective cover which in use is capable of being extended from one edge across an open-face of the pouch supported in the inner compartment and suitably but detachably secured to another edge thereof so as safely to enclose and protect an endoscope when it is within the pouch within the inner compartment, said cover being formed of a material similar to that of the single-use disposable tray-liner.