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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Avtar S. Dhindsa, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 8/310 ;
Abstract
A system for organizing a set of surgical instruments for an endoscopic surgical procedure includes a tray body that defines a set of recesses. Some of the recesses are each designed to receive the operating portion of a respective endoscopic surgical instrument. These recesses are notched at one side such that the elongated invasive portions of the endoscopic surgical instruments are positioned entirely or partially outside of the tray body, directly supported by the same table surface that supports the tray body during an endoscopic procedure.