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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Sterilebits, Inc., Kemah, TX (US);
Inventors:
Craig Ford, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Guy Brent Phipps, Long Beach, CA (US);
William Lawrence Patton, III, Rancho Mirage, CA (US);
Robert James Jones, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
SterileBits, Inc., Kemah, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 2/07 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/28 (2013.01); A61L 2/07 (2013.01); A61L 2/206 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A medical instrument sterilization backer card includes a flap extending from an end of a base and foldable over the base to form an open-ended pocket that receives an end of a shaft of the medical instrument therein. A second flap extends from the base and is foldable over the base to form a shell defining a compartment configured to receive a head of the medical instrument therein. The assembled backer card holds and protects the medical instrument during and after sterilization.