Adjustable surgical instrument stringer, tray system, and method of sterilization

摘要

An adjustable surgical instrument stringer, tray system, and method of sterilization comprising, in general, a one or more axis adjustable stringer to be inserted into the finger rings or ring handles of the surgical instruments to sequentially group the surgical instruments, a surgical instrument tray and lid configured with a pattern of sterilization apertures, the lid having two or more recessed valleys configured to receive the stringer of ringed surgical instruments and releasably hold the surgical instrument therein.

主权项

1. A surgical instrument support tray system configured to support a plurality of ring handled surgical instruments, said surgical instrument support tray system comprising:
a tray bottom; a removeable tray top configured to fit said tray bottom, said removeable tray top having a surface configured to support the plurality of ring handled surgical instruments, said surface further comprises two or more valleys formed in parallel in said surface, each valley of said two or more valleys is configured to receive one ring handle of the plurality of ring handled surgical instruments; and a stringer having at least two rod sections, each rod section of said at least two rod sections configured to be inserted in one ring handle of the plurality of ring handled surgical instruments; wherein, each of said at least two rod sections being positioned inline with and above one of said two or more valleys.