Devices for supporting a medical instrument and methods of use

A medical instrument support device, the device comprising:

• a base comprising:
• a central base portion;
• a first, elongated base extension protruding from the central base portion along at least a portion of a first axis;
• and a second, elongated base extension protruding from the central base portion along at least a portion of a second axis, the first and second axes being in a base plane that extends through the central base portion, and the first and second axes intersecting through the central base portion and being at an angle of greater than 00 and less than 1800 to each other;
• a grasper for receiving a medical instrument;
• and a flexible elongated neck portion having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled with the grasper and the second end is coupled with the base, wherein a position of the first end of the flexible elongated neck portion relative to the base is adjustable, wherein the base has a first side and a second side, the first side being proximal to the second end of the flexible elongated neck portion and the second side being distal to the second end of the flexible elongated neck portion, at least a portion of the second side lying in a plane that is parallel to the base plane, and wherein at least a portion of the second side of the base portion comprises an adhesive coating, wherein the grasper comprises:
• a first grasper portion and a second grasper portion, the first and second grasper portions each having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and the outer surface of each of the first and second grasper portions being spaced apart and opposite each other, wherein the inner surfaces of the first and second grasper portions face each other;
• and a central grasper portion coupling the first and second grasper portions, wherein the central grasper portion includes an arcuate shaped portion that extends between the first and second grasper portions, wherein:
• the first grasper portion extends along a first grasper axis and the second grasper portion extends along a second grasper axis, the first and second grasper axes lying within a grasper plane that extends through the central grasper portion, and distal ends of the first and second grasper portions are spaced apart from the central grasper portion along the first and second grasper axes, respectively, the distal ends of the first and second grasper portions being biased toward each other into a first position and urgable away from each other into a second position, and the medical instrument is receivable between portions of the inner surfaces adjacent the distal ends of the first and second grasper portions, wherein each of the first and second grasper portions comprises an engagement portion that is spaced apart from the distal end of the respective first and second grasper portions along the respective grasper axis, the central grasper portion is coupled to the first and second grasper portions at an intermediate portion of each of the first and second grasper portions, wherein the intermediate portion of each of the first and second grasper portions is disposed between the distal end and the engagement portion of the respective first or second grasper portion along the respective grasper axis, the engagement portions are urgable toward each other to urge the distal ends of the first and second grasper portions away from each other, and the arcuate shaped portion of the central grasper portion has a continuous concave surface, as viewed from the distal ends of the first and second grasper portion, that extends between the first grasper portion and the second grasper portion.