JPH08229053A - Medical apparatus storage tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To freely change the size and shape of a recess in response to the size and shape of a medical apparatus by providing a connecting means at the side section of a tray, and connecting the recesses of trays to form the large recess when multiple trays are connected. CONSTITUTION: Board-like trays 12, 13 having recesses for storing a medical apparatus are provided with connecting means at the side sections, and the recesses of the trays 12, 13 are continued to form a large recess when multiple trays 12, 13 are connected by the connecting means. Four medical apparatus storage trays 12 and two medical apparatus storage trays 13 are connected by coupling to form a large storage tray, and a stent device 14 is stored, for example. Six medical apparatus storage trays are stored in the separated state before the stent device 14 is stored, six medical apparatus trays are connected to store the stent device 14 for use, and six medical apparatus storage trays are again separated after the use.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical instrument storage tray. More specifically, the present invention relates to a medical device storage tray that can be freely changed in size and shape according to the size and shape of the medical device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since medical instruments are applied to living organisms, etc., in order to prevent invasion of various bacteria, they are stored in a dedicated medical instrument storage tray for transportation and storage. It is necessary to store various precision instruments constituting a medical instrument, a fragile member such as a balloon, and a member such as a guide wire having a tendency to bend as well in a medical instrument storage tray in order to protect them. In order to prevent the medical device storage tray from falling during transportation, a recess having a shape corresponding to each medical device is provided, and the medical device is stored in this recess. If the medical device is forcibly pushed into a recess that does not match the shape of the medical device, the medical device may be undesirably deformed or damaged. Therefore, as many storage trays as the number of medical devices according to the size and shape of the medical devices are required. However, the number of types of medical equipment is increasing year by year, and preparing a storage tray for all of the medical equipment to be used imposes a heavy burden on both the cost and the management, so it is economical to use. There was a need to develop a medical device storage tray that could be used.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a storage tray whose size and shape can be freely changed according to the size and shape of a medical device.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of intensive studies to solve the above problems, the present inventor has provided a joining means on the side of a tray and joining the trays by the joining means. It has been found that the size and shape of the medical device storage tray can be freely adjusted, and the present invention has been completed based on this finding. That is, the present invention provides (1) a plate-shaped tray having a recess for accommodating a medical device, which has a joining means on the side of the tray, and when a plurality of trays are joined by the joining means, (EN) A medical device storage tray, characterized in that the recesses of each tray can be continuously formed to form a large recess. The present invention provides the following as preferred embodiments. (2) The medical instrument storage tray according to (1) above, which is a square having the same length and width. (3) The medical device storage tray according to (1) above, which is a rectangle having a length to width ratio of 1: 2. (4) The medical device storage tray according to (1), wherein the joining means is a joining mechanism including a fitting rib and a fitting groove.

The medical instrument storage tray of the present invention is in the form of a board having a recess for accommodating a medical instrument. The recess is formed so that its shape matches the shape of the medical device. The medical instrument storage tray of the present invention has a joining means on its side portion. The tray side is the edge of the board. The joining means may be one in which the side portion of the tray itself functions as the joining means, or may be separate from the tray side portion. By joining a plurality of trays by the joining means, the depressions can be connected to each other to form a continuous large depression. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of one embodiment of the medical device storage tray of the present invention. In the medical device storage tray of the present invention, the plate-shaped tray 1 is provided with the recessed part 2 for storing the medical device, and the fitting rib 3 and the fitting groove 4 are formed on the sides as the joining means.
have. The shape of the concave portion can be arbitrarily selected in consideration of the shape of the medical device to be stored, so as to accommodate as many kinds of medical devices as possible. FIG. 1 (a),
(B) and (c) show some examples of the planar shape of such a recess. A plurality of the medical instrument storage trays of this figure can be joined by fitting the fitting ribs and the fitting grooves on the side portions thereof. The size of one of the medical instrument storage trays of the present invention can be arbitrarily selected according to the size of the medical instrument to be stored, but normally 100 to 700 mm in length and 1 in width.
It is a rectangle or a square of about 00 to 700 mm. If the medical device storage tray is a square with the same length and width,
Even if the medical device storage tray is joined in a state of being rotated by 90 degrees, the shape of the entire tray after joining does not become uneven, which is preferable. Further, if the length-to-width ratio is a rectangle having a ratio of 1: 2, it is possible to combine the medical instrument storage trays in a tatami mat shape in the vertical and horizontal positions to form a large tray. In the medical instrument storage tray of the present invention, the joining means is not particularly limited by its shape and joining mechanism, and can be arbitrarily selected. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of other joining means of the medical device storage tray. In FIG. 2A, the protrusion 6 is provided on one tray, the hole 7 is provided on the other tray, and the two trays are joined by inserting the protrusion into the hole.
In FIG. 2B, the wavy portion 8 is provided on each of the two trays, and the two trays are joined by engaging the wavy portions. In FIG. 2C, the planar fasteners 9 are provided on each of the two trays, and the planar fasteners are superposed on each other to join the two trays. Figure 2
In (d), the magnet 11 is attached to one tray, the metal piece 10 is attached to the other tray, and the two trays are joined by magnetic force. These joining means can be provided in place of the fitting rib and the fitting groove of FIG. FIG.
Since the joining mechanism using the fitting rib and the fitting groove shown in (3) is easy to join and separate, it can be used particularly preferably.

In the medical instrument storage tray of the present invention, the sectional shape of the recess is not particularly limited and can be arbitrarily selected according to the shape of the medical instrument. FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the shape of the concave cross section of the medical device storage tray.
The cross section of the recess is semicircular (Fig. 3 (a)), semielliptic (Fig. 3A).
(b)), a triangle (FIG. 3 (c)), a rectangle (FIG. 3 (d)), a half hexagon (FIG. 3 (e)), and the like. In the medical device storage tray of the present invention, the size of the recess is not particularly limited and can be arbitrarily selected according to the shape of the medical device to be stored, but normally the width of the recess on the tray board surface is 2 to 100 mm. , The depth of the recess from the tray surface is 2 to 5
The length of the recess is 0 mm and the length of the recess is 50 to 700 mm. The material for the medical instrument storage tray of the present invention is not particularly limited, and known materials used for medical equipment can be used. For example, a general-purpose plastic such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, or polystyrene can be used to produce the medical device storage tray of the present invention, which can be used as a disposable tray. In addition, metals such as stainless steel, polyester, polyamide, polycarbonate, polysulfone, polyether sulfone,
The medical instrument storage tray of the present invention is manufactured using an engineering plastic such as a fluororesin, and can be repeatedly used by sterilizing it after use.
Among these materials, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride,
Polystyrene can be used particularly preferably because it is easily available and has good moldability. The method for manufacturing the medical device storage tray of the present invention is not particularly limited, and when the material is plastic, it is manufactured by injection molding, compression molding, embossing molding, free blow molding, vacuum molding, pressure molding or the like. You can Further, when the medical device storage tray of the present invention is small and the medical device to be stored is lightweight, the medical device storage tray does not have to be a single plate having a concave portion with a carved shape, and the plastic sheet is vacuumed. The recess may be formed by processing by molding, pressure molding, or the like. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the cross-sectional shape of the recess processed by pressure forming. In a medical device storage tray formed from such a sheet,
The joining means does not necessarily have to be the one shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, and it can be joined by means such as a stapler. Even when the material is a metal such as stainless steel, the medical device storage tray of the present invention does not have to be a single plate, but a thin plate is processed by press molding, and a medical device storage provided with an appropriate joining means on the side portion. It can be a tray.

In the present invention, a large number of medical instrument storage trays can be prepared, and the medical instrument storage trays can be used by being joined in an arbitrary form according to the shape of the medical instrument to be stored. When two or more medical device storage trays are joined, the recess of one medical device storage tray connects with the recess of another medical device storage tray to form a large recess,
It is preferable to arrange the recess of the medical instrument storage tray. FIG. 5: is explanatory drawing of the use condition of the medical device storage tray of this invention. In FIG. 5, four medical device storage trays 12 of FIG. 1 (a) and two medical device storage trays 13 of FIG. 1 (b) are connected by fitting to form a large-sized storage tray. It houses the device 14. Before storing the stent device, the six medical device storage trays are stored in a separated state, and when the stent device is stored and used, the six medical device storage trays are joined and used in the state of FIG. Then, after use, it is separated again into six medical device storage trays. Since it is possible to select the medical device storage tray to be joined according to the shape of the medical device to be stored, one medical device storage tray can be used for multiple purposes, and a dedicated medical device storage tray can be used. The type and number of medical instrument storage trays to be prepared can be significantly reduced as compared with the case where the storage trays are prepared. While the medical device is stored, the medical device storage trays are joined together to form a large shape, but before and after storage they are separated to form one unit of the medical device storage tray. The labor can be greatly streamlined. The medical device storage tray of the present invention is used as a large tray by joining a plurality of large medical devices when it is to be stored, but when the medical device to be stored is small, one is used alone. can do. As another aspect of the present invention,
A recess corresponding to the shape of the surgical instrument is formed for each medical instrument storage tray that can be joined, and a hook, a surgical knife, a stirrup, forceps, scissors,
It is possible to prepare a medical device storage tray that stores a needle, a needle holder, a trocar, etc., select a medical device storage tray required for an operation, and use it by joining them. Alternatively, one set of medical instruments required for surgery can be stored in the recess formed in the connectable medical instrument storage tray, and the medical instrument storage trays can be taken out and joined for the number of sets required for surgery. .

[0008]

The medical instrument storage tray of the present invention can be used by joining it with a joining means according to the shape of the medical instrument to be stored and extending the size of the tray and the length of the recess for storing. Since there is no need to prepare a dedicated medical device storage tray for each medical device and it can be stored separately when not in use, it is possible to reduce the amount of required medical device storage trays. Thus, storage, transportation, management, etc. can be rationalized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an aspect of a medical device storage tray according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an aspect of a joining means of a medical device storage tray.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing the shape of the recess cross section of the medical device storage tray.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional shape of a recess processed by pressure forming.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a usage state of the medical instrument storage tray of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 tray 2 recessed part 3 fitting rib 4 fitting groove 5 joining means 6 protrusion 7 hole 8 corrugated part 9 planar fastener 10 magnet 11 metal piece 12 medical device storage tray 13 of FIG. 1 (a) 13 of FIG. 1 (b) Medical device storage tray 14 Stent device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A disc-shaped tray having a recess for accommodating a medical device, the joint having means on the side of the tray.
A medical instrument storage tray, characterized in that when a plurality of trays are joined by a joining means, the depressions of the trays can continuously form a large depression.