Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
139 words
An irrigation-debridement-repair tray for extremities of a human body to assist a physician in treating such extremity, comprising: a rigid tray body having side walls, end walls and a bottom wall, said walls being fluid-impermeable and joined to one another in a fluid-impermeable manner and having an open top; a plurality of longitudinally extending runner pairs vertically displaced from each other and positioned below a top edge of the side wall of the tray, each runner pair being fixedly attached to the inside of a respective side wall of the tray and extending at least a portion of the length of the tray; a plurality of operation support surfaces, each positionable on a separate runner pair to receive an extremity of a human body, said surfaces being fluid-permeable; and an outlet opening at the bottom wall of the tray.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
139 words
An irrigation-debridement-repair tray for extremities of a human body to assist a physician in treating such extremity, comprising: a rigid tray body having side walls, end walls and a bottom wall, said walls being fluid-impermeable and joined to one another in a fluid-impermeable manner and having an open top; a plurality of longitudinally extending runner pairs vertically displaced from each other and positioned below a top edge of the side wall of the tray, each runner pair being fixedly attached to the inside of a respective side wall of the tray and extending at least a portion of the length of the tray; a plurality of operation support surfaces, each positionable on a separate runner pair to receive an extremity of a human body, said surfaces being fluid-permeable; and an outlet opening at the bottom wall of the tray.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 1, wherein said end walls are provided with semi-circular cut-outs therein of a size adapted for receiving the extremities of a human body, such cut-outs having a protective lip for added comfort.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 2, wherein said cut-outs have an upper surface of said protective lip substantially coplanar with a lowest operating support surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 1, wherein said support surfaces form a smooth surface and have openings therein allowing fluid and relatively small size solids to pass freely therethrough.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 1, wherein said support surfaces are removable and are disinfectable and disposable.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 1, wherein said support surfaces are of various lengths to accommodate differing sized extremities, all such lengths being of a maximum size substantially equal to the tray body length.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 1, wherein said tray body bottom wall is provided with gutter means directing fluid toward said outlet opening.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 1, wherein said tray body comprised of two telescopingly matable sections.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
48 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray claim 8, wherein an outer surface of an inner section side wall and a bottom wall adjacent to an open end of the outer section are provided with a gasket fixedly mounted thereon to make a substantially liquid-impervious seal when the two sections are mated.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
45 words
The irrigation-debridement-repair tray of claim 8, wherein an overhang is fixedly attached to an upper edge of a side wall of an outer section adjacent an open end of said section for maintaining a parallel relation between the bottom walls of said telescopingly matable sections.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
The irrigation-debridement tray of claim 8, wherein said plurality of longitudinal runners vertically displaced from each other are parallel to a top edge of a side wall of each section, said runners being fixedly attached to the inside of a side wall of an inner section and extending the length of each section.