Patent ID: 6331280
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
In a combination including a sterilization tray assembly for sterilizing surgical instruments, said assembly including a tray having a plurality of holes and upstanding elements removably mounted on said tray for clasping or separating surgical instruments on said tray, wherein the bottom wall of said tray is populated at least in part with evenly spaced ventilation/mounting holes, wherein each of which ventilation/mounting holes comprise a central portion having at least one lobe communicating therewith, wherein each upstanding element has integrally formed mounting posts depending from the lower surface thereof, each post having a reduced diameter neck and a flange formed at a distal end thereof, the reduced diameter neck having a length approximating that of the thickness of the bottom wall of the tray, and the post flange portions are sized to fit through the holes' central portions, but are oversized relative to the hole lobes.