# US 12,004,837 B2 · Surgical draping holster system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,837 B2 - Document ID: US12004837B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/347,923 - Filed: 2021-06-15 - Published: 2021-10-07 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-25 - Applicants: Edward Stolarski; James Scott Hay - Inventors: Edward Stolarski; James Scott Hay - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004837B2 ## CPC - A61B 46/10: specially adapted for instruments{, e.g. microscopes} - A61B 50/20: Holders specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments (drapes with means to hold surgical instruments A61B46/23; for catheters A61M25/02) - A61G 13/10: Parts, details or accessories (surgical drape sheets A61B46/00) - A61B 17/00234: {for minimally invasive surgery (A61B17/0218, A61B17/0469, A61B17/12013, A61B17/1285, A61B17/29, A61B17/320016 take precedence)} - A61B 50/10: Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments - A61B 2017/00477: {Coupling (A61B2017/0046 takes precedence)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) ## Abstract A storage system, including a storage element having a plurality of receptacles configured to store one or more tools therein, the storage element defining at least one aperture therethrough; an anchoring element configured to at least partially pass through the at least one aperture, the anchoring element having: a substantially cylindrical housing defining a passage therethrough; a plurality of clamping bodies circumscribing the passage and controllably movable towards the passage; and an actuator coupled to housing, where rotational operation of the actuator moves each of the clamping bodies along a substantially linear path towards the passage in order to at least partially obstruct the passage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of anchoring a storage element to a draping, comprising: positioning the storage element adjacent to the draping, wherein the storage element includes a receptacle sized and configured to store one or more tools therein; coupling an anchoring element to the storage element, wherein the anchoring element defines a passage therethrough, and a plurality of clamping elements are controllably movable towards the passage in order to at least partially obstruct the passage; positioning at least a portion of the draping in the passage; wherein positioning at least the portion of the draping in the passage includes passing an engagement tool through the passage to contact the portion of the draping, and retracting the engagement tool to pull at least the portion of the draping into the passage; and actuating a movement of the plurality of clamping elements towards the passage to clamp the draping therein to secure the storage element to the draping. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the actuating movement of the plurality of clamping elements includes rotatably manipulating an actuator coupled to a housing of the anchoring element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the actuator defines an opening coaxial to the passage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the actuator defines a spiral groove that mateably couples to protrusions on each of the clamping bodies. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the engagement tool includes a first end having at least one of a spiral cut or threaded surface, and a second end opposite the first end that defines a handle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the draping includes surgical draping in a sterile operating environment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of clamping elements are movable to contact one another within the passage. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the receptacle is sized to accommodate a plurality of medical tools therein in a vertical orientation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the storage element defines an aperture therethrough to receive the anchoring element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a longitudinal axis of the aperture is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the receptacle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the anchoring element has a cylindrical body. ### Claim 12 A method of anchoring a storage element to a draping, comprising: positioning the storage element adjacent to the draping, wherein the storage element includes at least one receptacle sized to store one or more tools therein; coupling an anchoring element to the storage element, wherein the anchoring element defines a passage therethrough, and a plurality of clamping elements are controllably movable towards the passage, and wherein the anchoring element is coupled to the storage element such that a longitudinal axis of the passage is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the at least one receptacle; positioning at least a portion of the draping in the passage; wherein positioning at least the portion of the draping in the passage includes passing an engagement tool through the passage to contact the portion of the draping, and retracting the engagement tool to pull at least the portion of the draping into the passage; and actuating a movement of the plurality of clamping elements towards the passage to clamp the draping therein to secure the storage element to the draping. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the actuating movement of the plurality of clamping elements includes rotatably manipulating an actuator coupled to a housing of the anchoring element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the actuator defines a substantially spiral groove that mateably couples to protrusions on each of the clamping bodies. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of clamping bodies circumscribes the passage are equidistant from each other. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the plurality of clamping elements are movable to contact one another within the passage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one receptacle is sized to accommodate a plurality of medical tools therein in a vertical orientation.