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US 2023/0146539 A1Published application
Surgical Instrument Holder
AssigneeNichols-Reeves Enterprises, LLC
InventorsChristopher L. Reeves, Markyia S. Nichols
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for holding and organizing surgical instruments in a surgical environment. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument holder has an elongated body portion with a top surface and a base surface. The base surface is configured to contact a table surface. When a portion of a surgical instrument is laid upon the top surface, the top surface is configured to deform under an applied weight so as to limit movement of the surgical instrument.
Claims20
A surgical instrument holder, comprising:
- an elongated body portion having a top surface and a base surface, the elongated body portion having a semi-ellipse cross-section, the base surface being configured to contact a table surface, the top surface having a single slot formed along a longitudinal axis and centered laterally, the single slot having a side wall that is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the single slot, the single slot being configured to receive a plurality of surgical instruments and to retain each of the surgical instruments in a fixed position, the plurality of surgical instruments comprising at least one of:
- a surgical clamp, a surgical scalpel, or surgical scissors.
A surgical instrument holder, comprising:
- an elongated body portion having a top surface and a base surface and being a semi-ellipse in cross-section, the base surface being configured to contact a table surface, the top surface having a single slot formed along a longitudinal axis and centered at an apex of the semi-ellipse, the single slot having a side wall that is perpendicular to a bottom surface of the single slot, the single slot being configured to receive a plurality of surgical instruments and to retain each of the surgical instruments in a fixed position, the plurality of surgical instruments comprising at least one of:
- a surgical clamp, a surgical scalpel, or surgical scissors.
A system, comprising:
- a surgical instrument holder comprising an elongated body portion having a top surface and a base surface, the base surface contacting a table surface, the top surface having a single slot formed along a longitudinal axis, the slot having a semi-ellipse cross-section and having a side wall that is perpendicular to a bottom of the slot;
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- a plurality of surgical instruments retained by the single slot in a fixed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.