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US 11,246,679 B2Granted
Device for holding medical instruments and method of using same
AssigneePracticon, Inc.
InventorBradley P. Griffin
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Abstract
A holder for medical/dental instruments and method of using the holder. The holder may include a body, including a first surface and a second surface. The holder may further include a ridge formed along a length of the first surface of the body; a wall portion formed along the length of the first surface of the body and extending vertically therefrom, wherein the wall portion may be parallel to and spaced apart from the ridge; and a plurality of grooves formed in the ridge.
Claims20
A holder for medical instruments, comprising:
- a. a body, the body comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge about its periphery;
- b. a ridge formed at about a mid-point of the first surface of the body and extending along a length thereof;
- c. a wall portion formed along a length of only the first edge of the first surface of the body and extending vertically therefrom, wherein the wall portion is parallel to and spaced apart from the ridge;
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- d. a plurality of grooves formed in the ridge.
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A method of removing a medical instrument from a holder, the method comprising:
- a. providing a holder, the holder comprising:
- i. a body, the body comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge about its periphery;
- ii. a ridge formed at about a mid-point of the first surface of the body and extending along a length thereof;
- iii. a wall portion formed along a length of only the first edge of the first surface of the body and extending vertically therefrom, wherein the wall portion is parallel to and spaced apart from the ridge;
- iv. a plurality of grooves formed in the first ridge;
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- v. one or more medical instruments retained in one or more of the plurality of grooves;
- b. selecting one of the one or more medical instruments;
- c. pressing down on a first end of the selected medical instrument that is more proximate to the wall portion;
- d. grasping a second end of the selected medical instrument opposite that of the first end that extends upward upon pressing down on the first end;
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- e. pulling up on the second end to remove the selected medical instrument fully from the holder.
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A method of storing a medical instrument in a holder, the method comprising:
- a. providing a holder, the holder comprising:
- i. a body, the body comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge about its periphery;
- ii. a ridge formed at about a mid-point of the first surface of the body and extending along a length thereof;
- iii. a wall portion formed along a length of only the first edge of the first surface of the body and extending vertically therefrom, wherein the wall portion is parallel to and spaced apart from the ridge;
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- iv. a plurality of grooves formed in the first ridge;
- b. selecting one of one or more medical instruments to be stored in the holder;
- c. inserting a stem portion of the selected medical instrument into one of the plurality of grooves, such that the selected medical instrument is substantially perpendicular to the ridge and a working end of the selected medical instrument is proximate to the wall portion;
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- d. pressing down on the stem portion of the selected medical instrument to retain the selected medical instrument in the groove, such that when fully retained therein a portion of the stem of the selected medical instrument is cradled in the groove, the selected medical instrument is substantially parallel with the first surface, and the working end of the selected medical instrument is elevated a distance above the first surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.