WO1996007364A1 - Tray and disposable liner therefor - Google Patents
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- WO1996007364A1 WO1996007364A1 PCT/NZ1995/000082 NZ9500082W WO9607364A1 WO 1996007364 A1 WO1996007364 A1 WO 1996007364A1 NZ 9500082 W NZ9500082 W NZ 9500082W WO 9607364 A1 WO9607364 A1 WO 9607364A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61C—DENTISTRY; APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE
- A61C19/00—Dental auxiliary appliances
- A61C19/02—Protective casings, e.g. boxes for instruments; Bags
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- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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- A61B50/37—Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments for collecting or disposing of used articles for absorbent articles, e.g. bandages, garments, swabs or towels
Definitions
- This invention relates to a tray and disposable liner.
- the invention relates particularly 5 to the types of tray employed by dental professionals to hold the various instruments, equipment and chemical compounds used during dental procedures.
- Dental work requires a dental professional to have both hands free when treating a 0 patient.
- an apparatus is required to hold the variety of instruments such as mirrors, picks and scrapers in addition to absorbent pads and the various chemical compounds which are used during dental treatment.
- the apparatus preferably also provides a surface or surfaces for mixing solutions.
- the apparatus is usually in the form of a tray which must be capable of holding the various instruments and equipment in such a way that the dental professional can S readily select them for use as required.
- the tray forms part of a pack which includes dental instruments in the tray and a plastics film sealed over the tray to maintain sterility of the upper surface of the tray and the instruments until the film is removed for use of the tray and instruments.
- tray and liner combinations have been devised where it is the liner that is disposed of after a single use.
- the advantage of this is that the liner may use less material in its manufacture and be less expensive than the tray.
- Prior art tray and liner combinations comprise a flat-bottomed tray having upstanding peripheral walls and a liner having an upper surface having a plurality of recessed compartments separated by raised portions and a lower surface which is substantially complementary to the upper surface.
- the liner fits within the tray; being supported by the bottom and the walls of the tray.
- the raised portions of the liner receive no direct support from the tray.
- the present invention avoids the need for extensive cleaning and sterilisation between dental treatments by providing a dental tray with a thin disposable liner.
- the construction of the preferred liner is such that h can easily be discarded and is also cheaper and therefore more disposable in nature than the tray.
- the present invention consists in a tray and a liner therefor, the tray having an upper surface having a plurality of recessed compartments separated by raised portions; and the liner having an upper surface having a plurality of recessed compartments separated by raised portions substantially corresponding to the compartments and raised portions of the tray, and a lower surface substantially complementary to the upper surfaces of the tray and the liner whereby the lower surface of the liner can be nested on the upper surface of the tray in a substantially complementary fit.
- the present invention consists in a liner for use with a tray as defined above with respect to the first aspect of the invention.
- the tray is preferably substantially rigid to provide support for the liner and the liner is preferably semi-rigid to facilitate its nesting on the tray.
- Both the tray and the liner are preferably made of a plastics material, an opaque, preferably white, plastics material such as polystyrene being preferred for the tray and a liquid- impervious, transparent plastics material such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) being preferred for the liner.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- the tray will usually be thicker than the liner, for example having a thickness of up to about 3 mm whereas the tray has a thickness of up to about 200 microns.
- the complementary fit between the lower surface of the liner and the upper surface of the tray is preferably a substantially frictionless fit to facilitate easy nesting of the liner on the tray and easy removal of the liner from the tray.
- the preferred liners are nestable together for stacking in packs of liners for sale or storage.
- the preferred trays are similarly nestable together for stacking in packs of trays and therefore have their bottom surfaces shaped substantially complementary to their upper surfaces.
- the liner may be provided with a lid which may be a separate lid or an integrally hinged lid.
- the recessed compartments of the upper surface of the liner which substantially correspond to the recessed compartments of the upper surface of the tray, are shaped to be suitable for holding dental instruments and equipment and, optionally, for storing and mixing solid and liquid compounds used during dental procedures.
- the recessed compartments may comprise a plurality of substantially rectangular recessed compartments and/or a plurality of substantially semi-spherical recessed compartments.
- “Semi-spherical” includes but is not limited to hemispherical.
- the supporting means may comprise two spaced apart ridges, each having a series of indentations along its length whereby an elongated instrument can be placed across both ridges, in an indentation in each ridge, to be supported thereby.
- the recessed compartments will usually occupy a substantial part of the upper surface of the tray and liner and the raised portions between the compartments generally comprise ridges.
- the preferred liner has means to support dental burs in a generally upright manner.
- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a preferred form of tray and disposable liner, the liner being shown raised clear of the tray;
- Figure 2 shows a top plan view of the liner
- Figure 3 shows a cross-section of the liner (being a cross-section on ⁇ i-m of Figure 2) nested upon the tray which is also shown in cross-section;
- Figure 4 shows a detailed cross-section of the liner (being a cross-section on A-A of Figure 2);
- Figure 5 shows a perspective view of another preferred form of tray and disposable liner, the liner being shown slightly raised above the tray;
- Figure 6 shows a perspective view of a tray and liner similar to that shown in Figure 5 except that the liner has a lid hinged at one side thereof.
- Figure 1 shows an exploded perspective view of a dental tray 10 with a disposable liner 11.
- the liner 11 is designed to fit directly on top of the tray 10 and in this way is used to support dental equipment and materials during dental procedures. The liner 11 can then be replaced after each treatment.
- a typical tray and liner may each have a length of about 323 mm and a width of about 235 mm.
- the tray 10 has an upper surface having a plurality of recessed compartments 12 separated by raised portions 13.
- the tray 10 should be constructed to be substantially rigid and a moulded, substantially rigid plastics material is most suitable. In a preferred form, the tray
- 10 is made of an opaque plastics material which, when the liner is made of transparent material, as is preferred, provides a contrasting background for instruments 22 such as the one shown when placed on the liner-fitted tray, enabling a user to readily select instruments as required.
- the tray 10 must provide support for the liner 11 and ultimately for the instruments 22 and equipment which are being used, it must be constructed of a plastics material of a nature and thickness which provides the necessary rigidity.
- the tray is preferably constructed of polystyrene and is preferably up to about 3 mm in thickness, being most preferably in the range from about 2 mm to about 3 mm. This relatively rigid construction enables the tray 10 to be reused many times before it needs to be replaced.
- the liner 11 also has an upper surface having a plurality of recessed compartments 12 separated by raised portions 13. These substantially correspond with the compartments and raised portions of the upper surface of the tray. In the drawings like parts of the tray and the liner are generally given like numbering.
- the shape of the lower surface of the liner is substantially complementary to that of the upper surface of the liner 11 and therefore that lower surface is also substantially complementary to the upper surface of the tray 10.
- This enables the liner to nest on the tray, the recessed compartments of the liner fitting within the substantially corresponding recessed compartments of the tray as shown in Figure 3.
- the walls 30 of the recessed compartments of the liner and of the tray are angled inwardly, for example by 10-15°, towards the bottoms 31 of the compartments. This feature is also shown in Figure 3.
- An advantage of this feature is that it allows a plurality of liners to be nested together for packing, whether in lots for sale or for storage.
- the compartments of the liner need to be made a little smaller than those of the tray in order to fit within them and allow the liner to nest on the tray.
- a disadvantage of that particular arrangement is that a plurality of liners by themselves cannot be nested together.
- the liner 11 can be constructed of a very lightweight, disposable material.
- the function of the liner 11 is to hold dental instruments 22 and equipment and preferably chemical compounds too and therefore it should be constructed of an impervious material to prevent leakage through to the tray when nested on the tray 10. It is preferable that although the liner is constructed of a thin material, it is semi-rigid in nature to better facilitate nesting on the tray.
- the liner 11 is ideally constructed of a plastics material, this preferably being a transparent plastics material and preferably also being a recyclable material.
- a preferred plastics material is polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the preferred liner has a thickness of up to about 200 microns, most preferably a thickness in the range from about 100 microns to about 200 microns.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- the liner 11 provides a protective plastics "film" over the reusable tray during dental treatment and due to hs thin, lightweight construction it can be easily crushed or broken up when removed from the tray and h is therefore easily disposed of after use. As each liner 11 is only made of a small amount of material, wastage of plastics resources is kept to a minimum.
- the preferred construction of the liners 11 also enables them to be packaged and stored in large quantities, saving space and making for ease of handling. Lightweight, low volume construction also reduces the cost of each liner 11.
- both the tray 10 and liner 11 have substantially corresponding recessed compartments 12 in their upper surfaces. These compartments 12 enable the liner 11 to be firmly nested on top of the tray 10 when in use. Raised portions 13, which make up the rest of the upper surface of both the tray 10 and liner 11 keep the liner 11 firmly in place and prevent it from sliding in relation to the tray 10.
- the recessed compartments 12 are shaped to be suitable for the intended use of the tray 10 and liner 11. While the preferred use is for supporting dental equipment, the compartments 12 could be adapted to hold surgical instruments, equipment used in general medical treatments or equipment used in veterinary treatment, food preparation or simple laboratory experiments.
- the shape and configuration of the compartments 12 could be adapted for specific use of equipment for any procedure where cross-infection or cross-contamination is to be prevented.
- the recessed compartments 12 are shaped to be suitable for holding dental instruments 22 and other equipment.
- the recessed compartments 12 can comprise several substantially rectangular compartments 14 which can receive dental instruments 22 and other equipment, for example absorbent materials such as cotton wool which are used during dental procedures.
- At least one of the rectangular compartments 15 preferably includes as part of the upper surface of the tray and liner, a means for supporting elongated dental instruments 22. This can be in the form of two raised parallel ridges 16 which divide the con ⁇ artment.
- Each of these raised ridges 16 can have a series of indentations 17 along Hs length to hold dental instruments 22 above the bottom 31 of the compartment 15. This enables a dental professional to easily select and pick up instruments, for example, elongated instruments such as mirrors, picks and scrapers from the tray 10 and liner 11 and then replace them after use during dental treatment.
- Other rectangular shaped recessed compartments of various sizes 18 can be provided for other dental equipment and materials used during treatments.
- the upper surface of the tray 10 and liner 11 can also have several semi-spherical compartments 19 in which solid and liquid dental compounds can be placed during dental treatment.
- a dental professional may place materials such as filling compounds and cleaning solutions in these compartments 19, which would enable them to be easily mixed and administered during treatment.
- Figure 2 shows a top plan view of the configuration of the recessed compartments 12 of the upper surface of the liner 11 which substantially corresponds to the upper surface configuration of the tray 10.
- the figure indicates that in this preferred embodiment the recessed compartments 12 occupy most of the upper surface of the tray 10 and liner 11 and that the raised portions between the compartments comprise ridges 20 and 25.
- at least one of the ridges 25 of the liner includes several small recesses 23 to locate and support dental burs 24 in a generally upright manner. As shown in Figure 2, these recesses
- the recesses for dental burs could be in the form of holes or cavities in a substantially flat portion in the upper surface of the liner.
- the tray 10 and liner 11 are of a complementary fit as illustrated in Figure 3.
- This figure shows the liner 11 placed on top of the tray 10 as it would be when in use for holding dental instruments and equipment. While a firm, complementary fit is preferably provided so that the liner 11 does not move in relation to the tray, the liner 11 preferably does not grip the tray 10 and so is easily fitted on the tray and then is easily lifted off after use. The disposable liner 11 can then be discarded along with any dental compounds or waste left over after the treatment.
- the tray 10 is constructed so as to be reusable, it will eventually deteriorate and need to be disposed of.
- the bottom surface 21 of the tray 10 can be substantially complementary to its upper surface as shown in Figure 3, instead of having a flat base.
- This feature allows the preferred trays to be nested together, for example, for packing in lots for sale or for storage.
- Another embodiment of dental tray 10 and liner 11 is shown in Figure 5. This is a smaller tray and liner, for example, having a length of about 250 mm and a width of about 120 mm.
- the tray and liner are provided with two substantially semi-spherical recessed compartments 19 and two substantially rectangular recessed compartments, 12 and 15, the compartment 15 being much larger than the compartment 12.
- the compartment 15 has two spaced parallel ridges 16, each having a series of indentations 17 along its length whereby elongated dental instruments can be supported above the bottom of the compartment. It is possible for a tray and liner to have only substantially rectangular recesses or only substantially semi-spherical recesses but it is preferred that there be at least one substantially rectangular recess and at least one substantially semi-spherical recess, and more preferably at least two of each.
- the tray and the liner may have recessed compartments of other shapes.
- FIG 6 shows a modified tray and liner 11 of the type shown in Figure 5, the modification comprising a lid 26 for the liner.
- the lid may be made separate from the liner but it is preferred that it be made integral with the liner, being joined at 27 by a plastic hinge along an edge of each of the lid and the liner.
- the lid may have a peripheral flange 28 which fiictionally grips a corresponding peripheral flange 29 of the liner when the lid is closed in order to hold the lid closed.
- the flanges 28 and 29 may have one or more matching and inter-engaging projections and recesses to achieve this.
- the walls 30 or ridges 20 between adjacent compartments need not, or need not all, extend the full height of the tray and liner. It is possible for one or more of them to extend up only part way.
- the shortened wall or ridge may optionally be utilised as a means for supporting a dental instrument above the bottoms 31 of the adjacent compartments.
- the shortened wall or ridge may make access to adjacent compartments easier.
- the tray and liner of Figure 1 may each have a height of about 25 mm and the shortened wall may extend up only about 3-5 mm.
- the walls between the corner one of the compartments 14 and the adjacent compartment 18 and optionally between that compartment 18 and the adjacent compartment 15 may be shorter walls where the raised portions between those respective pairings of compartments do not extend the full height of the tray and of the liner.
- Both the tray and the liner can be cut or stamped from sheets of plastics material in which the shapes of the tray and the liner are moulded, for example, by a vacuum moulding operation. While the disposable liner is preferably constructed of a plastics material, other disposable materials could be used. Alternatives include treated paper or card which would be liquid impervious and therefore function as suitable dental tray liners.
- the tray can also be constructed of other plastics materials, such as polyethylene, or of a non-plastics material.
- the tray may be constructed of any material which is capable of providing support for the disposable liner and the equipment to be held on it. Possible materials include metal and wood.
- the invention is particularly useful for dental treatment, it is not confined to this use.
- the present invention has application to any procedure whereby implements and equipment are used and there is a need to avoid cross-infection.
- Other possible uses include surgical procedures, general medical treatment, veterinary treatment, food preparation and even general laboratory procedures whereby cross-contamination rather than cross-infection is the problem to be avoided.
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GB9704372A GB2307467B (en) | 1994-09-05 | 1995-09-05 | Tray and disposable liner therefor |
NZ292639A NZ292639A (en) | 1994-09-05 | 1995-09-05 | Compartmented tray with disposable overlying liner conforming to tray, typically for dental work |
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