Surgical instrument rack
AssigneeAmerican Hospital Supply Corporation
InventorsGalyn F. Smith, Thomas P. Zwierszowski
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Abstract
A surgical instrument rack useful for holding, carrying, organizing, and counting a plurality of ringhandled surgical instruments. The rack is formed of autoclavable polymeric material and includes two movable or separable members which coact with each other and with the surgical instruments to secure such instruments against release in parallel side-by-side relation with the handles and jaws (or blades) of such instruments separated slightly to facilitate sterilization of their surfaces. The structural relationship of parts responsible for the retention and automatic camming of the instruments into such slightly open positions is disclosed.
Claims26
A rack for supporting a multiplicity of ring-handled surgical instruments, comprising a support member having a substantially flat surface and being provided with an upstanding wall dividing said member into front and rear portions;
- a plurality of spaced partitions projecting upwardly from said wall, whereby, a plurality of ring-handled instruments may be supported with each instrument oriented in a generally vertical plane with its handles extending between a pair of partitions and with a lower handle ring thereof disposed directly above said rear portion and behind said wall;
- and a retaining member engaging said rear portion of said support member;
- said retaining member having a cover section spaced above said rear portion to limit upward movement of the lower handle rings of instruments carried by said support member and also having a sloping cam section engagable with the upper rings of such instruments to cam the handles thereof into partially opened condition and to limit movement of said instruments rearwardly away from said upstanding wall.
A rack supporting a multiplicity of ring-handled surgical instruments, comprising a support member having a substantially flat surface and being provided with a pair of spaced upstanding transverse walls dividing said member into front and rear portions;
- said walls being bridged by a transverse series of spaced parallel arcuate dividers formed integrally with said walls and defining therebetween a plurality of instrument-receiving compartments, whereby, a plurality of ring-handled instruments may be supported with each instrument oriented in a generally vertical plane with its handles extending between a pair of dividers and with a lower handle ring thereof disposed directly above said rear portion of said support member;
- and a retaining member releasably connected to said rear portion;
- said retaining member having a lower cover section spaced above said rear portion to limit upward movement of the lower handle rings of instruments carried by said support member and also having an upwardly and rearwardly sloping cam section engagable with the upper rings of such instruments to cam the handles thereof into partially opened condition and to limit rearward movement of instruments supported by said support member.
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