Bundle Box and Instrument Roll

Abstract

A tray system has a tray with a top surface and a plurality of wells arranged side-by-side. Each well is adapted to receive an end portion of a ringed instrument and to hold the ringed instrument in an on-edge fashion on the top surface of the tray. The tray system further includes a removable instrument roll supported by the tray and fully detachable and removable from the tray. The removable instrument roll is disposed above the plurality of wells when supported by the tray. The removable instrument roll has opposing spatially separated endplates and one or more cross members, each cross member connected to both endplates. At least one cross member is adapted to engage a handle of each ringed instrument disposed in one of the wells and to spread that ringed instrument into an open position when the tray supports the instrument roll.

1 . A tray system, comprising:
 a tray having a top surface and a plurality of wells arranged side-by-side, each well adapted to receive an end portion of a ringed instrument and to hold the ringed instrument in an on-edge fashion on the top surface of the tray; and   a removable instrument roll supported by the tray and fully detachable and removable from the tray, the removable instrument roll being disposed above the plurality of wells when supported by the tray, the removable instrument roll having opposing spatially separated endplates and one or more cross members, each cross member connected to both endplates, at least one cross member being adapted to engage a handle of each ringed instrument disposed in one of the wells and to spread that ringed instrument into an open position when the tray supports the instrument roll.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instrument roll comprises a pair of opposing spatially separated endplates, and wherein the at least one cross member includes a rod connected to both endplates. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one cross member comprises a second rod connected to both endplates, the rods being vertically aligned to and spatially separated from each other by a distance sufficient to spread the handles of each ringed instrument and to prevent each of the plurality of ringed instruments from closing. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the tray has a pair of slots separated by a distance approximately equal to a distance separating the endplates of the instrument roll, each slot closely receiving one of the endplates when the tray supports the instrument roll. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein instrument roll sits on the tray at opposite sides of the plurality of wells. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instrument roll is made of metal. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the instrument roll is made of plastic. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising means for securing the instrument roll to the tray. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the top surface of the tray is perforated. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a cover adapted to couple to the tray to produce a housing within which the plurality of ringed instruments are housed during sterilization. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein the cover includes means for securing the instrument roll in place when the cover is locked to the tray. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the securing means includes a bracket mounted to an interior surface of opposite sidewalls of the cover. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the securing means includes an indent in opposite sidewalls of the cover. 
     
     
         14 . A fully detachable instrument roll, comprising:
 a pair of opposing spatially separated endplates adapted to detachably and removably connect to a ringed-instrument carrying tray;   means, connected to both endplates, for engaging a handle of a two-handled ringed instrument and spreading that ringed instrument into an open position when the endplates are connected to the tray.   
     
     
         15 . The instrument roll of  claim 14 , wherein the means for engaging the handle of a two-handled ringed instrument comprises a rod connected at its ends to both endplates. 
     
     
         16 . The instrument roll of  claim 15 , wherein the means for engaging the handle of a two-handled ringed instrument further comprises a second rod connected to both endplates, the rods being spatially separated from each other by a distance sufficient to spread the handles of the ringed instrument when placed between the handles. 
     
     
         17 . The instrument roll of  claim 14 , wherein the means for engaging the handle of a two-handled ringed instrument comprises a sidewall connected at its ends to both endplates. 
     
     
         18 . The instrument roll of  claim 15 , wherein the sidewall is perforated. 
     
     
         19 . The instrument roll of  claim 14 , wherein the means for engaging the handle of a two-handled ringed instrument comprises a cylinder connected at its ends to both endplates. 
     
     
         20 . The instrument roll of  claim 14 , wherein the endplates and means for engaging the handle of a two-handled ringed instrument are made of metal. 
     
     
         21 . The instrument roll of  claim 14 , wherein the endplates and means for engaging the handle of a two-handled ringed instrument are made of plastic.