Package with guide for flexible medical instruments
US5947284A · kind A · utility
174Cited by
22References
19Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2050/0065
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A package tray for holding a medical instrument having a resiliently flexible distal end portion improves the control of the distal end during removal of instrument by limiting the withdrawal of the distal end portion of the instrument from an arcuate portion of storage space in the tray to movement in a direction longitudinal with respect to the instrument, thereby preventing side to side whipping motion of the distal end portion upon withdrawal of the instrument from the package.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.