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US 8,911,677 B2Granted
Medical tool kit
AssigneeGerstner Medical, LLC
InventorsRobert Gerstner, R. Christopher Kidd
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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.
Claims16
A medical kit, comprising:
- a case housing comprising a first housing part and a second housing part, wherein the first and second housing parts are movable relative to each other between a closed position and an open position, one of the first and second housing parts being configured to hold at least one medical instrument, tool, or supply;
- a seal sealing an interior of the housing when the first and second housing parts are in the closed position, so that contamination of the at least one medical tool, instrument, or supply is prevented by the seal, whereby a sterile state of the at least one medical instrument, tool, or supply is maintained while the case remains in the closed position;
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- a UV lamp arranged in the case housing and actuatable when the housing is opened from the closed position to maintain the sterile state of the at least one medical instrument, tool, or supply when the case is in the open position.
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