A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cav
A package for a tip, such as a replaceable tip for a bipolar electrosurgical device, is used for insertion of the tip onto and removal of the tip from the end of a device handle, without requiring any direct contact between the user's hand and the tip. The package includes a housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment to the tip. A releasable locking mechanism, which is releasable in response to the end of the handle being disposed in the opening for removable attachment to the tip, retains the tip in the tip cavity. The package may be made from a single piece of molded material, such as a clear plastic. The package may also be used with monopolar, diathermized and non-bipolar tips, as well as other sharp tips such as cannulae, pics and blades, that are attachable to the end of a handle.
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1. A package for a tip of a surgical device capable of removable attachment to and detachment from an end of a handle, comprisinga housing comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, and a hinging segment connecting said top portion and said bottom portion, said top portion and said bottom portion f
1. A package for a tip of a surgical device capable of removable attachment to and detachment from an end of a handle, comprisinga housing comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, and a hinging segment connecting said top portion and said bottom portion, said top portion and said bottom portion forming a tip cavity when the top portion and said bottom portion are folded together along said hinging segment, said tip cavity being shaped to receive the tip and said housing having an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable and withdrawable for both removable attachment to the end of the handle to the tip received in said tip cavity and subsequent detachment of the tip from the end of the handle. 2. The package of claim 1 further comprising a releasable locking mechanism for retaining the tip in the tip cavity, said locking mechanism being released in response to the end of the handle being inserted in said opening.3. The package of claim 2 wherein said releasable locking mechanism includes a movable protrusion of an inner surface of said housing which forms said cavity, said protrusion being movable by the end of the handle to release said locking mechanism.4. The package of claim 2 wherein said releasable locking mechanism comprises a releasable locking recess formed in said top portion and said bottom portion to hold the tip within said tip cavity.5. The package of claim 4 wherein said locking mechanism further comprises a ramp disposed adjacent said locking recess of being contacts by a bevel on the end of the handle to release the locking mechanism.6. The package of claim 1 wherein said housing is made from a single piece of molded material.7. The package of claim 6 wherein said material is plastic.8. The package of claim 6 wherein said material is co-polyester PETG.9. The package of claim 6 wherein said material is polyvinyl chloride.10. The package of claim 6 wherein said housing is made by vacuum molding.11. The package of claim 6 wherein said material is clear.12. The package of claim 1 wherein said top portion includes a positioning cavity shaped to received a protrusion on the tip, said positioning cavity preventing the tip from rotating within the tip cavity.13. The package of claim 1 wherein said top portion, said bottom portion and said hinging segment are made from a single piece of molded plastic material.14. The package of claim 13 wherein said top portion includes a molded pocket and said bottom portion includes a molded boss, said boss engaging said pocket to hold said top portion and said bottom portion together when folded along said hinging segment.15. The package of claim 13 wherein said top portion and said bottom portion include interlocking ribs.16. The package of claim 13 wherein said top portion includes a molded placement indicator to indicate placement of a user's fingers.17. The package of claim 13 wherein said top portion includes a molded directional indicator to indicate a direction of movement of the handle in said tip cavity.18. A package for a tip of a surgical device capable of removable attachment to an end of a handle, comprisinga housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip, an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment of the end of the handle to the tip received in said tip cavity, and a pair of opposed locking members formed by said housing and releasably retaining the tip in said tip cavity, said locking members being movable radially outwardly of a central axis of said tip cavity in response to insertion of the end of the handle in said opening to release the tip from said tip cavity. 19. The package recited in claim 18 wherein said opposed locking members comprise a pair of opposed locking protrusions formed by recesses in said housing, said locking protrusions protruding into the path of movement of the tip along said central axis of said tip cavity.20. The package recited in claim 19 and further including a pair of ramps on said housing adjacent said recesses, respectively, for being pushed against by the end of the handle inserted in said opening to move said locking members radially outwardly of said central axis.21. The package recited in claim 18 and further including indicia on said housing indicative of a location at which grasping pressure is to be applied to said housing during removable attachment of the end of the handle to the tip received in said tip cavity.22. The package recited in claim 21 wherein said indicia includes a pair of arrows to indicate grasping of said housing at said arrows.23. The package recited in claim 22 wherein said arrows are located on opposite sides of said tip cavity.24. A package for a tip of a surgical device capable of removable attachment to an end of a handle, comprisinga housing having a tip cavity shaped to receive the tip and an opening through which the end of the handle is insertable for removable attachment of the end of the handle to the tip received in said tip cavity, said tip cavity including a central axis and a positioning cavity extending radial to said central axis for receiving a protrusion of the tip; and indicia on said housing longitudinally aligned with said positioning cavity, said indicia being alignable with a slot in the end of the handle inserted in said opening to align the slot with said positioning cavity. 25. The package recited in claim 24 wherein said indicia indicates a direction of insertion for the end of the handle in said opening.26. The package recited in claim 25 wherein said indicia includes an arrow.
D\Amelio Frank D. (Naugatuck CT) DeLemos Dawn M. (Cornwall NY) Esposito Dominick G. (Mamaroneck NY) Maxfield Michelle D. (Norwalk CT) Petruzzi Claude E. (Bronxville NY) Quint Robert H. (Jamaica NY), Electrosurgical probe apparatus.
Abidin Michael R. (Baltimore MD) Lehmbeck Steven P. (Baltimore MD), Surgical blade dispenser and disposal system for use during an operating procedure and method thereof.
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