Medical device holder and assembly
AssigneeM2 Medical Solutions, LLC
InventorsMitchell Kenneth Czapla, Matthew Christopher Nodley
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Abstract
A medical device holder includes a one-piece holder body having end walls, and side walls, extending vertically upward from a base. The end walls are oriented parallel to one another, and the first and the second side walls are oriented so as to converge toward one another in a direction of an opening. A plurality of medical device storage slots are formed by a plurality of internal vertical walls, and a plurality of elongate medical devices wound in opposition to an internal unwinding bias are trapped within the plurality of medical device storage slots.
Claims14
A medical device holder comprising:
- a one-piece holder body including a horizontally extending base wall having a plurality of base peripheral edges extending about a planar base face and forming a base footprint, a first and a second end wall that extend vertically upward, respectively, from a first one and a second one of the plurality of base peripheral edges, and a first side wall and a second side wall that extend vertically upward, respectively, from a third one and a fourth one of the plurality of base peripheral edges;
- an opening defined by a plurality of top peripheral edges each formed by a different one of the first and the second end walls and the first and the second side walls and forming an opening footprint that fits within the base footprint;
- the first and the second end walls being oriented parallel to one another, and the first and the second side walls being oriented so as to converge toward the opening;
- a plurality of internal vertical walls forming a plurality of medical device storage slots serially arranged between the first and the second end walls and extending vertically between the opening and the base wall;
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- the plurality of medical device storage slots further extending horizontally between the first and the second side walls and being shaped according to the convergence of the first and the second side walls so as to retain within the plurality of medical device storage slots a plurality of wound-up elongate medical devices inserted through the opening.
A medical device holder assembly comprising:
- a holder including a one-piece holder body having a horizontally extending base wall with a plurality of base peripheral edges extending about a planar base face, a first end wall and a second end wall extending vertically upward, respectively, from a first one and a second one of the plurality of base peripheral edges, and a first side wall and a second side wall extending vertically upward, respectively, from a third one and a fourth one of the plurality of base peripheral edges;
- the one-piece holder body further having a plurality of internal vertical walls forming a plurality of medical device storage slots extending between the first and the second side walls, and serially arranged between the first and the second end walls;
- the one-piece holder body further having a plurality of top peripheral edges each formed by a different one of the first and the second end walls and the first and the second side walls and defining an opening to the plurality of medical device storage slots;
- the first and the second end walls being oriented parallel to one another, and the first and the second side walls being oriented so as to converge toward one another in a direction of the opening;
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- a plurality of elongate medical devices each wound in opposition to an internal unwinding bias and trapped in a biased state by way of contact with the first and the second side walls and the base wall within one of the plurality of medical device storage slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.