Storage device for medical components and method of use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10045830-B2
Application number	US-201615072500-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 17, 2016
Priority date	Apr 23, 2015
Publication date	Aug 14, 2018
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018

Abstract

A storage device is provided to store a tool or component in an operating theater and includes a receiving portion and a retaining member. The receiving portion is configured to support the tool or component thereon. The retaining member is transitionable between an initial configuration and a deployed configuration and includes a securing region thereon. In the deployed configuration, the retaining member is spaced away from a plane defined by a surface of the receiving portion. The securing region is configured to facilitate the passage of a tool or component through the retaining member such that the tool or component is secured therein.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A storage device comprising:
a receiving portion adapted to support a medical component thereon, the receiving portion including an absorbent coating; and
a retaining member coupled to the receiving portion and transitionable between an initial configuration and a deployed configuration, the retaining member defining at least one securing region thereon, wherein the at least one securing region is circumscribed by material of the retaining member, wherein a portion of the retaining member is spaced away from a plane defined by a surface of the receiving portion in the deployed configuration thereby defining an opening through the receiving portion, a surface of the retaining member defining an acute angle relative to the plane in the deployed configuration, and the at least one securing region of the retaining member is configured to receive the medical component therein.

2. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the retaining member and the surface of the receiving portion are coplanar in the initial configuration.

3. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion further includes a raised lip extending along an outer perimeter thereof.

4. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one securing region has a perforated pattern.

5. The storage device of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment member including a first end and a second end, the attachment member coupled at the first end to the receiving portion, and the receiving portion includes a receiving slot disposed thereon, the second end of the attachment member configured to temporarily affix to the receiving slot of the receiving portion.

6. The storage device of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of retaining members, wherein each retaining member of the plurality of retaining members is independently transitionable between the initial and deployed configurations.

7. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion further includes a perimeter configured to increase frictional resistance thereon, such that the medical component is frictionally inhibited from escaping the receiving portion.

8. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the retaining member includes a deformable material configured to be temporarily fixed in the initial configuration and biased into the deployed configuration, such that once the retaining member is released from the initial configuration the retaining member assumes the deployed configuration.

9. The storage device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one securing region of the retaining member is configured to receive a medical component selected from the group consisting of: a reloadable staple cartridge, a reloadable tack cartridge, a removable end effector, and a surgical mesh.

10. A storage device comprising:
a receiving portion including a receiving slot and an absorbent material thereon, the receiving portion adapted to support a medical component thereon;
a retaining member coupled to the receiving portion and transitionable between an initial configuration and a deployed configuration, the retaining member defining a plurality of securing regions thereon; and
an attachment member including a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the receiving portion and the second end is configured to temporarily affix to the receiving slot of the receiving portion,
wherein the retaining member is coplanar with the receiving portion in the initial configuration, and the retaining member is spaced away from a plane defined by a surface of the receiving portion in the deployed configuration, and
wherein the medical component is insertable through each securing region of the plurality of securing regions of the retaining member, each securing region of the plurality of securing regions configured to exert a compressive force upon an outer surface of the medical component thereby securing the medical component therein.

11. A kit comprising:
a storage device including:
a receiving portion including an absorbent coating; and
a retaining member coupled to the receiving portion and transitionable between an initial configuration and a deployed configuration, the retaining member defining a securing region thereon, wherein the securing region is defined by a contiguous outer surface, a portion of the retaining member spaced away from a plane defined by a surface of the receiving portion in the deployed configuration thereby defining an opening through the receiving portion, a surface of the retaining member defining an acute angle relative to the plane in the deployed configuration; and
a medical component insertable into the securing region.

12. The kit of claim 11 , further comprising a medical tool.

13. The kit of claim 12 , wherein the medical tool is selected from the group consisting of: a surgical stapler, a surgical tack applier, a reloadable fixation device, a vessel sealer, an ablation probe, an endoscopic instrument, and a retractor.

14. The kit of claim 11 , wherein the medical component is selected from the group consisting of: a reloadable staple cartridge, a reloadable tack cartridge, a removable end effector, and a surgical mesh.

15. The kit of claim 12 , wherein the storage device further includes an attachment member including a first end and a second end, the attachment member coupled at the first end to the receiving portion, and the receiving portion includes a receiving slot disposed thereon, the second end of the attachment member configured to temporarily affix to the receiving slot of the receiving portion, and wherein the attachment member temporarily secures the storage device to the medical component or the tool.

16. A method of storing a medical tool or component comprising:
transitioning a retaining member of a storage device from an initial configuration into a deployed configuration, such that a portion of the retaining member is spaced away from a plane defined by a surface of a receiving portion of the storage device thereby defining an opening through the receiving portion, a surface of the retaining member defining an acute angle relative to the plane in the deployed configuration and the receiving portion including an absorbent coating;
approximating a medical component to a securing region of the retaining member, the securing region defining a perforated pattern thereon; and
inserting the medical component through the securing region and through a thickness of the retaining member, such that the medical component is affixed thereto and is disposed adjacent the absorbent area.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising separating the storage device from a medical tool, the storage device attached to the medical tool with an attachment member.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising providing the storage device in the initial configuration, wherein the retaining member and the receiving portion are coplanar in the initial configuration.

19. The storage device of claim 10 , wherein the absorbent material is a coating.

Assignees

• Covidien Lp

Inventors

• Sniffin Kevin
• Nadig Divya Vijaya Vittala

Classifications

• A61B50/30

  Containers specially adapted for packaging, protecting, dispensing, collecting or disposing of surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (for wound clamps A61B17/10; for ligaturing clips A61B17/122; packages or dispensers for surgical gloves or finger-stalls A61B42/40) · CPC title

• A61B50/22 Primary

  Racks · CPC title

• A61B2017/0688

  Packages or dispensers for surgical staplers · CPC title

• A61B50/20

  Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02) · CPC title