WO2021018681A1 - Packaging, transport and storage system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a packaging, transport and storage system for medical products, specifically plates, screws and/or instruments for osteosynthesis. At least one of the properties or instructions for use of the products is defined by an optical coding by means of haptic identification. The system consists of a plurality of transport and packaging carriers, which are suitable for receiving and storing products, more particularly sterile products. It is also assumed that there are cardboard-like or card-like outer packagings which are used to receive one or more transport and packaging carriers. The plurality of transport and packaging carriers comprises individual groups, the number and type of the carriers per group being coordinated with the anatomy of the human skeleton and is subdivided on this basis. The subdivision uses colour shades or colour differences for the purpose of classification. Furthermore, at least one additional code is provided that defines the dimension or product size, the additional code comprising geometric structures or figures and/or haptic features.

Description

Packaging, transport and storage system

description

The invention relates to a packaging, transport and storage system, in particular for medical products, namely plates, screws and / or instruments for osteosynthesis, with at least one of the properties or the application instructions of the products being defined by optical coding by means of color coding and the system consists of a variety of transport and packaging carriers, which are used for receiving and

Storage, in particular sterile, products are suitable and with cardboard or cardboard-like outer packaging for receiving one or more of the transport and packaging carriers according to the preamble of claim 1.

It is known to offer implants, in particular plates, associated screws, but also instruments for osteosynthesis, arranged for the upper and lower extremities, sterile in blister-like packaging and to bring them onto the market.

Also known as standard instruments are standard plates, which are divided into mini-fragment, small-fragment and large-fragment plates and are offered in appropriate operating sets.

An example is a small fragment set standard - straight plates, for instruments and screws with a diameter of 3.5 mm, made of titanium material. This set is manufactured by Königsee Implantate GmbH and offered in so-called sieve baskets, which can be sterilized together with the plates and screws located there (see www.koenigsee-implantate.de; Set No. 19.534.00).

If such a set is available in the operating room, the staff there can, depending on the detected fracture and during the procedure, suitable Select plates and use them to fix bone fragments

use.

Recently, however, there has been a requirement to keep the corresponding plates, screws, instruments and other aids for osteosynthesis sterile in stock and to keep the individual products in stock in individual packaging down to individual screws. Only immediately before the actual surgical procedure or during the operation is the appropriate implant and accessories called up from the appropriate ones

The packaging is removed sterile and given to the surgeon.

This procedure is extremely time-consuming and requires a great deal of attention with regard to the selection of the appropriate panels,

Screws and the like, even under the severe stress of an operation to which the staff, especially the surgeon, is exposed.

It must therefore be ensured that the correct plate and the associated screws, including the necessary ones, are used for the respective operation

Instruments are selected and used accordingly.

From DE 10 2008 045 262 A1 a transport and packaging carrier for sanitary components, namely jet regulators or jet shaper, is known.

Such jet formers or jet regulators consist of property-determining components arranged like a sandwich in the direction of flow. At least one of the properties is defined by optical coding by means of a color design of at least one of the property-determining components.

In addition, the transport and packaging carrier consists of a molded part made of inherently rigid material and has a large number of

Depressions or recesses for receiving the spaced apart

Sanitary components.

According to the teaching there, at least the surface of the molded part facing the visible and removal side is predominantly designed in one color, which corresponds to that of the color code of the sanitary component picked up, which is decisive for its application and application.

In a special embodiment, the molded part consists of one

solid colored plastic material. Furthermore, the molded parts are designed in colors that define certain flow classes.

According to EP 1 740 779, a sanitary component is known which can be uniquely identified by various constructive and technological measures both in the setting process and in the subsequent application. There it was suggested the circular or

circular cylindrical cutting plate at least on the outside with a

Flow class specifying and the sleeve body with a

To provide the flow type or the beam shape defining coding. The color scheme of the attachment screen was also assigned a coding significance.

From the above, the object of the invention is to provide a further developed packaging, transport and storage system, in particular for medical products, namely plates, screws and / or instruments for osteosynthesis, which on the one hand ensures sterile storage of all individual products and components and on the other hand In spite of the existing packaging and outer packaging, it enables clear identification of the product picked up, so that quick and secure access is guaranteed even with a large number of products to be selected, so that in particular the risk of being under the stress of a surgeon and that in the operating room is reduced working personnel incorrectly removed and used products suitable for the application.

Furthermore, the novel system should offer a simple possibility to use related products, for example implant plates with defined bores, in particular threaded bores, only with those special cancellous and cortical screws that are matched to these bores and intended for this, even if - as currently Required -Implant and screws packed and sterile separately

are to be kept. The object of the invention is achieved by the combination of features according to claim 1, the subclaims being at least useful

Refinements and developments include.

The invention therefore relates to a packaging, transport and

Storage system specially modified for medical products, here again plates, screws and / or instruments for osteosynthesis.

At least one of the product's properties or instructions for use is defined by means of optical coding using color coding.

The system continues to consist of a variety of transport and

Packaging carriers that are constructed in a known manner.

These transport and packaging carriers are used to accommodate and

Storage of sterile products and are optimized for this.

The invention further comprises cardboard-like or cardboard-like

Outer packaging to accommodate one or more transport and

Packaging carriers, which in turn accommodate the sterile products.

According to the invention, the multitude of transport and packaging carriers is grouped, that is to say divided into individual groups, the number and type of transport and packaging carriers per group being matched to the anatomy, in particular of the human skeleton, including the extremities.

In this regard, the groups are therefore subdivided.

The subdivision has color gradations or color differences in the sense of a classification which result in the optical coding, which can be detected both visually, that is to say without hi-fi means, and by means of optoelectronic sensors. Furthermore, at least some of the groups of transport and packaging carriers that can be identified by optical coding have at least one further coding.

This further coding defines the dimensions or the product size of the plate, screw and / or the instrument concerned.

The further coding makes use of geometric structures or figures and / or haptic features. These geometric structures or figures can include, for example, an arrangement of points, intersecting lines, parallel lines, diagonally intersecting lines or the like.

In one embodiment of the invention, the codes are applied, in particular printed, directly to the transport and packaging carriers.

Alternatively, it is possible to design the coding as an adhesive seal that can only be removed in a destructive manner.

In a further development of the invention, the outer packaging can also have the aforementioned codes.

The actual transport and packaging carrier thus has the

necessary coding as well as the outer packaging, which holds one or more similar transport and packaging carriers and thus their contents.

In a preferred development of the invention, the optical coding is embodied as an embossing which can also be detected by simple scanning, that is to say touching, so that it can be recognized and identified.

The aforementioned optical coding can also have multi-colored elements or corresponding combinations of colored elements, for example in the form of a multi-stripe, each different for each color stripe

Layout .

The groups and their optical coding are tailored to body parts, especially the upper and lower extremities. Codings a periprosthetic, an application especially for children or

Index special applications.

According to one example, the grouping is optical

Coding levels stocky. Each level has a different color, whereby the following exemplary groups result:

Clavicle, humerus, radius, ulna, hand, femur, partella, tibia, fibula, foot, and spine.

In the further coding with recourse to geometrical structures or figures, for example, the arrangement of intersecting lines, which result in an optical network, is directed towards mini fragments, the arrangement of several points as a point group towards small fragments and the arrangement of parallel or inclined strips towards large fragment products.

Additional color coding can be applied to an existing one, for example

Cannulation of a screw, on a guide wire, on one

Point out Kirschner wire or compression wires.

The packaging, transport and storage system is characterized in that the transport and packaging carriers and in particular the outer packaging have the respective optical and respective further coding on a side that is clearly visible during stacking or layering.

The optical and / or further coding can also be present on the respective product. A corresponding optical coding that can be felt can be directed to special application instructions, but also, for example, typical product properties, in particular flexibility for anatomical adaptation of an implant, e.g. B. a bone plate, signal.

A haptic coding, for example in the form of groove-shaped recesses in the form of parallel lines or groove-shaped recesses in the form of crossed lines that typify certain products, such as cortical and cancellous screws, can now also be applied to the Use coming tools. In the case of the screws mentioned above, screwdrivers are used, the handle of which then also have parallel grooves, crossed grooves or the like which can be felt by the touch.

The solution according to the invention also applies to osteosynthesis instruments. A use-specific or application-specific coding can be implemented here which is based on or corresponds to the optical and / or the further coding of the aforementioned groups. This makes it easy to assign a suitable instrument to a suitable one

Screw or a related plate take place as an implant.

The codes can only be used on part of the transport or

Packaging carrier, the seal or the outer packaging, so that there is enough space for other necessary markings, e.g. B. remains in accordance with legal regulations.

In one embodiment of the invention, the optical coding is as a

Basic color of at least part of the transport and packaging carrier, the seal or the outer packaging. The second coding frames this basic color coding, for example. The above-mentioned principle can also be implemented in reverse, that is, the optical coding forms a frame with regard to the representation according to the further coding, the geometric structures or figures and / or haptic ones

Features includes.

At least the components or sections of the transport and packaging carriers that are relevant for the coding, the seal (s) and / or the outer packaging are in accordance with the respective type of coding

indistinguishable, in particular colored through, embossed or executed in the same way.

The invention will be explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment and with the aid of a figure. The figure shows an exemplary selection of the assignment of an optical coding to individual groups of transport and packaging carriers, based on the structure of the human skeleton, including the extremities, and a representation of a possible one

Execution of the further coding with recourse to geometric structures or figures, according to the figure by crossing lines for mini fragments, by the arrangement of a point cloud or the arrangement of spaced individual points for small fragments and the formation of several spaced strips for large fragments.

Furthermore, exemplary color codes for pierced products, for guide wires, Kirschner wires, compression wires and products of periprosthetics are given.

The arrangement of multi-colored stripes can indicate products that are particularly suitable for minors and children. Special cases not directly assigned to individual groups can be marked with a neutral

Coding be provided. In the figure this is referred to as "remainder".

For example, the group clavicula dark green, the group Flumerus light green, the group Radius yellow, the group Ulna orange, the group Fland dark red, the group Femur light red, the group Patella dark purple, the group Tibia light purple, the group Fibula light blue, the The foot group is dark blue and the spine group is defined by the color code black. It goes without saying that the color selection and the color assignment as well as the selection of geometric or haptic patterns are only to be understood as examples and depending on

Product variety can include further codings and further color gradations and other geometric variants.

What is decisive, however, is the fact that even with a large number of products a clear, easy and reliable assignment is possible without the need to read and read detailed information on packaging or packaging carriers under the stress of an operation on the patient

to understand. The proposed coding and grouping also enables easier and clearer storage and storage of the corresponding implants, screws, instruments, etc.

Then, if, for example, the products themselves also have the coding or a coding element, incorrect assemblies relating to the respective product, the associated transport and packaging carrier and outer packaging are excluded.

Claims

Claims 1. Packaging, transport and storage system, in particular for medical products, namely plates, screws and / or instruments for osteosynthesis, with at least one of the properties or Application instructions of the products is defined by optical coding by means of color coding and the system consists of a large number of transport and packaging carriers, which are used for receiving and Storage, especially sterile, products are suitable and with cardboard or cardboard-like outer packaging to accommodate one or more transport and packaging carriers, characterized in that the large number of transport and packaging carriers comprises individual groups, with the number and type of carriers per group being tailored to the anatomy of the human skeleton including the extremities and being subdivided in this regard, the subdivision of color gradations or color differences in terms of a Has classification that results in the optical coding, which can be detected both visually without H i Ifsm ittel and by means of optoelectronic sensors, furthermore at least some of the groups of transport and packaging carriers that can be identified by optical coding have at least one further coding, which the dimensioning or the Product size defined, this further coding comprising geometric structures or figures and / or haptic features. 2. Packaging, transport and storage system according to claim 1, characterized in that the codes are applied directly to the transport and packaging carriers, in particular printed on, or are designed as adhesive seals that can only be removed in a destructive manner. 3. Packaging, transport and storage system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the outer packaging also has the codes. 4. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the haptic coding is designed as an embossing. 5. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the optical coding has multicolored elements. 6. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the groups and their optical coding are tailored to body parts, especially the upper and lower extremities. 7. Packaging, transport and storage system according to claim 6, characterized in that the grouping includes an optical coding level each, directed to products for the clavicle, the humerus, the radius, the ulna, the hand, the femur, the patella, the tibia, the fibula, the foot and the spine. 8. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that for the transport and packaging carriers and in particular the Outer packaging the respective optical and the respective further coding is provided on a side that is clearly visible when stacked or layered. 9. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the optical and / or further coding is also present on the respective product and / or an instrument, in particular a screwdriver handle. 10. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that In the case of osteosynthesis instruments, an application-specific coding is formed which is based on or corresponds to the optical and / or the further coding of the groups. 11. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the codes are only present on part of the transport or packaging carrier, the seal or the outer packaging. 12. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the optical coding as a basic color of at least part of the Transport and packaging carrier, the seal or the outer packaging is carried out and the further coding frames this basic color coding or vice versa. 13. Packaging, transport and storage system according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that At least the components or sections of the transport and packaging carriers, seals and / or outer packaging relevant for the coding are designed to be undistortable, in particular colored, embossed or the like, in accordance with the respective type of coding.