FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel sterilizable surgical instrument
organizer kit. More specifically, the present invention provides a
sterilizable surgical material with printed/ embossed surgical
instructions/ notes with the help of arrows/ pictures of any particular
surgical procedure to train and/or aide nurses during the surgery,
provide systematic and effective sterilization as well as storage and
transportation of surgical instruments.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the busy environs of an operation theater it is imperative that all the
tools of surgery are arranged in the order of their use during the surgery
in order to prevent the loss of time and to avoid confusion during the
critical phases of the surgery. Therefore, before the surgery starts,
scrubbing nurse usually gets a set of sterilized instruments ready which
are then laid out on a sterile cloth in the order of their use during the
surgery. This is critical to the smooth conduction of the surgery.
Further during the surgery itself, the surgeon expects the nurse to know
and hand over the correct instrument required by the surgeon at that
particular moment during the course of the surgery. Not only are all the
sterilized instruments required to be readily available and arranged on a
sterile cloth but also a nurse trained in surgery is required in order to
ensure that the correct instruments are handed over to the surgeon during
the procedure without any delay. Any wrong instrument given or delay
in providing the correct instrument during the surgery can create chaos,
confusion resulting in surgeon's frustration and/or lengthening of
surgical procedure which could impact the Surgical outcome.
Thus it becomes imperative to have nurses an advanced level of training,
so that they can understand the instruments and the sequences in which
they are handed over to the surgeon during the surgery. In normal course
such training could take about 8 to 12 months to train the staff for
scrubbing readiness.
US Patent Application No. US 7518502 discloses a system and method for
identifying, locating, and managing inventory of sterilized medical
devices located within a sealed sterilization case in preparation for
a surgical procedure.
US Patent Application No. US 6615836 discloses a surgical drape having a
pocket forming feature. In particular, the surgical drape includes a fabric
formed from a nonwoven layer. The nonwoven layer has a surface that
includes a plurality of strands arranged on the surface with a plurality of
bonds spaced about the surface. The nonwoven layer also includes a
plurality of loops extending between the bonds. The surgical drape also
includes at least one hook fastener that contains hooks engageable with
the loops of the nonwoven layer. As a result, an edge of the fabric can be
folded such that the hooks engage the loops of the fabric to form a pocket.
The pocket can have one open end, two open ends, or two closed ends.
US Patent Application No. US 5381896 discloses presentation tray for
surgical instruments. More particularly a tray holding and displaying a
number of surgical instruments. Each of these instruments have a handle
and contain an elongated shaft extending from the handle. The shaft itself
defines a longitudinal axis. The tray contains a base defining a first plane
for supporting the shafts of the instruments. There is further described a
handle holding portion extending from the base. The handle hoIding
portion contains a first side wall attached to the base and a bottom for
holding the handle extending from the first side wall. The bottom defines
a second plane. The first and second planes are not parallel. A package
which holds the tray of this invention has a first surface which supports
the base and a second surface which supports the bottom of the handle
portion. Ideally, there is also a third surface extending from the base. The
first and third surfaces are co-planar and capable of supporting the
package and the tray containing the instruments. The tray is removed
from the package and with the surgical instruments contained thereon. In
this fashion, the tray is supported on a stand by the bottom and the
surface extending from the second side wall.
Also in current state of art there are many surgeries conducted especially
in a smaller operation theaters or remote location hospitals with limited
infrastructure where the surgical instruments are dumped haphazardly in
the sterilization units and/or sterilized in large container/ steamers. This
will result in a poor sterilization of instruments wherein only few
instruments on top/bottom and/or side gets effectively cleaned and
sterilized. While the layers of instruments beneath the top layer may not
be properly sterilized. Further, considerable time is spent in organizing
the instruments and sorting them as well as searching a specific
instrument during or prior to surgery resulting in poor surgical practices.
Therefore there is need for providing a system for effectively organizing
the tools for surgery such that new staff/scrub nurses can effectively assist
the surgeon, enable the sterilization of surgical instruments and thereafter
organize the tools for surgery post-sterilization. Also, in current state of
the art, if all instruments are placed in a proper organized trays made of
metal, the volume and weight of these tray sets could significantly
increase the total size and weight of the instrument which may not be
practically possible to sterilize them all in one go or not so easy to
transport.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit for use during surgery.
In another object of the present invention the novel sterilizable surgical
instrument organizer kit is flexible and made of cloth or any flexible
material.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that is disposable or reusable.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that has pictures/arrows/
embossing/written notes to provide guidance to the trainee nurses or
nursing aides in surgical steps during surgery.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that provides specific instructions
printed/embossed as per the surgical protocol, which helps the nurse to
give the said instruments in sequence in which they are to be given to the
surgeon during surgery.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that provides pockets/instrument
holding hooks that can hold the entire set of instruments required for a
particular surgical procedure in the required order.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that provides laceslfastening
mechanism to wrap the said sterilizable material and use it as instrument
tray/ kit for sterilization and transportation.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that is capable of being used as a
checklist to confirm if there is any instrument missing before it is given for
sterilization by company representative.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that provides systematic and effective
sterilization of surgical instruments.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a novel sterlizable
surgical instrument organizer kit that provides simplicity in the entire
surgical procedure by reducing chaos and thereby providing a convenient
and cost effective way for assisting staff during surgery.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to novel sterilizable surgical instrument
organizer kit which provides guidance to nurse in surgical steps during
surgery and also provides systematic and effective sterilization of surgical
instruments. The present invention provides for a reusable/ resterilizable
material on which notes/ specific instructions of any particular surgical
procedure are printed/embossed along with the arrows/ pictures/
embossing to provide training to the nurses during the surgical steps. The
present invention provides for a sterlizable surgical material with
pockets/ hooks to fasten the instruments at the required location in the
order of a particular surgical procedure. The said sterilizable material also
has laces/ ribbon to wrap the material.
Accordingly the present invention provides for a novel sterilizable
surgical instruments organizer kit comprising of sterilizable material of
predetermined dimension with predetermined etchings, said sterilizable
material bearing, atleast one means of fastening to secure instruments to
enable quick pre-surgery assembly of instruments, smooth handling of
instruments during surgery, reassembling the used instruments after
post-operative sterilization and at least one means of fastening to secure
said sterilizable material as for post-operative sterilization, storage and
transportation. The predetermined dimensions and said predetermined
etchings are decided by the surgical procedure for which the instruments
are required and includes the names of the instruments, pictures and notes
for easy handling of the instruments during surgical procedure.
The means of fastening to secure instruments are selected from securing
means including hooks, laces and pockets stitched to the said sterilizable
material while the means of fastening to secure said sterilizable material is
selected from securing means including ribbon, strap, lace and velcro.
Due to these sets of fastening provisions, not only are the instruments
secured within the sterilizable material but also the kit itself is secured
with the means of fastening the sterilizable material to transform the kit
into a carry bag or a backpack for secure transportation from one location
to another. The sterilizable material is selected from any strong material
that can be subjected to hot temperatures for sterilization, and cold
temperatures for storage including canvas.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Fig. 1 shows the schematic representation of the flexible surgical
organizing kit (1) when in open position.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to obviate the drawback in the existing system, the present
invention, as best shown in fig. 1, provides a re-usable/resterilizable
surgical material (1) having pictures/ arrows/ embossing (300b, 400,401,
402,403,404,405 and 406) as well as pockets (201,202, 203, 204, 205,206,
207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214 and 215) which can not only hold the
entire set of instruments (300a, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306 and 307)
required for a particular surgical procedure to be laid out at a moments'
notice in the required order (400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405 and 406), but it
also provides written notes (300b) on its surface to provide guidance to the
trainee nurses or nursing aides during the surgery.
In preferred embodiment, on sterilizable surgical material (I), specific
instruction (300b, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405 and 406) as per surgical
protocol, are printed/ embossed. Nurse can identify instrument (300a,
301,302,303,304,305,306 and 307) from the set and lay them on surgical
sheet (1). According to instruction and key points on the printed/
embossed surgical material (I), the nurse gives the said instruments (300a,
301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306 and 307) in sequence in which they are to be
given to the surgeon during surgery. Thus it allows in reducing the time
taken to have the trained staff for scrubbing wherein this level of training
generally takes 8-12 months' time. It also allows in reducing the overall
volume of the surgical instruments to be carried and used in a particular
surgery by allowing to select specific instruments (300a, 301,302,303,304,
305, 306 and 307) required for a particular surgery with the help of the
specific instructions (300b) embossed on the sterilizable material.
In another embodiment, the surgical procedure referred to in this
document for the purposes of the present invention means the entire
surgery as well as the part or the portion thereof. Thus a surgical
procedure may have different stages for which a said separate sterilizable
material (1) can be used for each of the stages. Thus the entire surgery for
example knee surgery can be split to femoral preparation, tibia1
preparation etc. One separate said sterilizable material (1) can be used for
each of these sections there by reducing chaos and bringing simplicity in
the entire surgical procedure.
In yet another embodiment, the said sterilizable material (1) can act as a
checklist to confirm if there is any instrument missing before it is given for
sterilization by company representative.
In another embodiment, the said sterilizable material may have pockets/
instrument holding hooks (201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210,
211,212,213,214 and 215) to hold specific instruments (300a, 301,302,303,
304,305,306 and 307) at specific location, for example, the said sterilizable
material (1) have holding hooks (201,202 and 203) to hold one instrument
such as (300a), similarly multiple instruments (301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306
and 307) may have one or combinations of such instrument holding hooks
(204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214 and 215) to hold these
surgical instruments. Thus the problem of carrying loose instruments in
the surgical trays is reduced manifolds by using the current sterilizable
material (1) with means to fasten (201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,209,
210,211,212,213,214 and 215) specific instruments (301,302,303,304,305,
306 and 307) as per the surgical requirement. Thus it also avoids the
chances of confusion during the surgery. The said sterilizable material (1)
also has laces (100,101,102,103,104,105,106 and 107) to wrap the said
sterilizable material and use it as instrument tray/ kit for sterilization as
well as transportation.
In yet another embodiment, the said sterilizable material (1) can be
disposable or reusable.
Thus instant invention provide surgical drape (I), which is helpful in
providing convenient and cost effective way for assisting staff during
surgery.
An illustrative example:
In case of natural disaster or calamity reaching to help the ailing people in
the far flung areas is a difficult task. Even after reaching to such areas the
difficulty of carrying multiple instruments still poses difficulty for the
nurses as well as doctors. Thus the present invention provides for a
sterilizable surgical instruments kit to obviate the abovementioned
drawbacks wherein, the nurses are able to carry specific instruments for
any particular surgery with the help of directions, notes, instructions
embossed on the sterilizable material. The means of fastening to secure
instruments are selected from securing means including hooks, laces and
pockets stitched to said sterilizable material while the means of fastening
to secure said sterilizable material is selected from securing means
including ribbon, strap, lace and velcro. Due to these sets of fastening
provisions, not only are the instruments secured within the sterilizable
material but also the kit itself is secured with the means of fastening the
sterilizable material to transform the kit into a carry bag or a backpack for
secure transportation from one location to another. The sterilizable
material is selected from any strong material that can be subjected to hot
temperatures for sterilization, and cold temperatures for storage including
canvas. Post-surgery the sterilizable material can be put along with the
instruments into the sterilizer for sterilization thus making the postsurgical
sterilization procedure convenient and cost effective.

We claim:
1. A novel sterilizable surgical instruments organizer kit (1)
comprising of:
- sterilizable material of predetermined dimension with
predetermined etchings, said sterilizable material bearing;
- atleast one means of fastening to secure instruments (201, 202,
203,204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214 and 215)
to enable quick pre-surgery assembly of instruments, smooth
handling of instruments during surgery, reassembling the used
instruments after post-operative sterilization; and
- at least one means of fastening to secure (100,101,102,103,104,
105,106 and 107) said sterilizable instruments organizer kit (1)
into a for post-operative sterilization, storage and
transportation.
2. A novel sterilizable surgical instruments organizer kit (1) as
claimed in claim 1 wherein said predetermined dimensions and
said predetermined etchings are decided by the surgical procedure
for which the instruments are required and includes the names of
the instruments, pictures and notes (300b, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404,
405 and 406) for easy handling of the instruments during surgical
procedure.
3. A novel sterilizable surgical instruments organizer kit (1) as
claimed in claim 1 wherein said means of fastening to secure
instruments are selected from securing means including hooks,
laces and pockets stitched to said sterilizable material (201,202,203,
204,205,206,207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214 and 215).
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4. A novel sterilizable surgical instruments organizer kit (1 as
claimed in claim 1 wherein said means of fastening to secure said
sterilizable material is selected from securing means including
ribbon, strap, lace and velcro (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and
107).
5. A novel sterilizable surgical instruments organizer kit as claimed in
claim 1 wherein said sterilizable material can be wrapped around
itself and fastened with the means of fastening (100, 101, 102, 103,
104,105, 106 and 107) said sterilizable material to transform the kit
into a carry bag or a backpack secure transportation from one
location to another.
6. A novel sterilizable surgical instruments organizer kit (1) as
claimed in claim 1 wherein said sterilizable material is selected
from any strong material that can be subjected to hot temperatures
for sterilization, and cold temperatures for storage including
canvas.
Dated this the 29th day of November 2012.