US 11,850,116 B2
Surgical systems and trays
Elizabeth A Schlueter, Tequesta, FL (US); Matthew R Carstens, Lake Worth, FL (US); Joseph DePastino, West Palm Beach, FL (US); Jeffrey A Bassett, Jupiter, FL (US); Dan P Rogers, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US); and Alexander Chelminski, Jupiter, FL (US)
Assigned to BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/591,208.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,683, filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,199, filed on Oct. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,775, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0107912 A1, Apr. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61C 3/04 (2006.01); A61C 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61C 8/009 (2013.01) [A61C 3/04 (2013.01); A61C 19/02 (2013.01); A61C 2204/002 (2013.01); A61C 2204/005 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical tray for a surgical procedure, comprising:
a housing; and
one or more tray inserts configured to be received within the housing and having a first major surface and one or more supports, wherein the one or more tray inserts are configured to receive a plurality of dental surgical instruments via a plurality of receptacles formed therein, the plurality of receptacles having corresponding openings in the first major surface, the one or more tray inserts configured to be:
removable from the housing and configured with the one or more supports so as to be positionable exterior to and independent of the housing for use as a standalone unit during the surgical procedure; and
the plurality of receptacles are angled relative to the first major surface such that the dental surgical instruments when received therein are positioned at an acute angle relative to the first major surface, wherein:
the housing comprises at least a base, a lid, and a hinge connecting the lid with the base, the hinge is pivotably connected between the base and the lid such that the lid and base are pivotable relative to one another via the hinge to a plurality of positions; and
the plurality of positions include a closed position where the lid and base interface, a fully open position where both the lid and the base lay substantially flat, a propped position where the lid is angled relative to the base and partially rests thereon, and a folded position where the lid is positioned under the base and the base rests atop the lid.