Instrument bracket with resilient locking means for use with a sterilizable tray
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Jun 12, 2001
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Oct 20, 1999
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Apr 22, 1997
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A sterilizable instrument supporting bracket that may be attached to a sterilization tray having spaced perforations. The apparatus includes a resilient body used to support medical instruments. A skeleton structure is located within the resilient body for providing support to the resilient body and includes resilient metal locking devices for attaching the bracket to the tray. The locking devices include two locking numbers having resilient shaft portions that are biased to given position. A head is located to each of the shaft portions with two of the head portions facing in opposite directions. Resilient ribs are attached to the resilient body and are compressed against the tray when the resilient body and related skeleton structure are attached to the tray. The bracket is attached to the tray by squeezing the head portions toward each other and passing them into perforations of the tray and then allowing them to resiliently move outwardly on the shafts to lock the bracket onto the tray. This locking is accomplished by the heads being located within the perforations and the resilient ribs acting to bias the resilient body and skeleton structure away from the tray to maintain engagement.
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