US 12,329,549 B2
Endoscope storage tray having apertures and method of use
Mark Jackson, Great Wakering (GB); Gary Spencer, Rayleigh (GB); Colin Oxford, Canvey Island (GB); and Stephen Nichols, Witham (GB)
Assigned to Medivators Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/618,989
Filed by Medivators Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036635
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/256990, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,076, filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304762 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/26 (2006.01); A61B 50/22 (2016.01); A61B 50/33 (2016.01); B65D 1/34 (2006.01); B65D 81/26 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 50/33 (2016.02) [A61B 1/00144 (2013.01); A61B 2050/006 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An endoscope storage tray comprising an interior for storage of an endoscope, the interior having an upstanding element having a top surface; a plurality of apertures disposed on at least a portion of the top surface of the upstanding element; a bottom surface also having a plurality of apertures disposed thereon; a sidewall and a rim disposed about the interior of the tray; and a lid comprising no apertures and at least one valve and configured to engage the rim, wherein the endoscope storage tray is constructed of a polymeric material wherein the at least one valve is an exhaust valve and a release valve.