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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1986
Filed:
May. 17, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pamela J Schultz, Broadview, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362154 ; 206557 ; 206370 ; 350238 ; 350243 ;
Abstract
An illuminated surgical tray apparatus for the facilitated viewing and selection of thin fibrous surgical materials, such as sutures and related instruments, during a surgical procedure. The apparatus includes a light source, viewing lens and optically colored contrasting disclosure field or background for enhancing the visibility of the objects positioned within the interior of the apparatus. The surgical tray apparatus further possesses a substantially air, water and steam-tight, fireproof light construction, together with curved edges and corners to facilitate sterilization of the overall device and shrink wrapping thereof to maintain its sterilized nature.