Guidewire and catheter management device

A device for managing a flexible elongated member on a surgical field, the device comprising:

• a housing including a plurality of vertical supports, the vertical supports each extending from a respective support base end to a respective support top end and defining one or more retaining member housings therebetween,
• the one or more retaining member housings having a closed base, formed by a support base end of a first vertical support, a support base end of an adjacent second vertical support and a connection member that connects the two support base ends, and an open top, formed by a spacing between a support top end of the first vertical support and a support top end of the second vertical support;
• at least one retaining member disposed in the one or more retaining member housings by way of the open top and including a substantially v-shaped slot originating at the open top to retain at least one flexible elongated member in a selected position,
• the retaining member having a durometer of between 30-80 Shore hardness, configured such that a user may select, by how far the flexible elongated member is inserted into the substantially v-shaped slot, whether the flexible elongated member is held against transverse movement only or against both transverse and longitudinal movements;
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• an attachment mechanism for holding the housing onto the surgical field, the attachment mechanism including an opposing finger towel capture system.

A device for managing associated pairs of flexible elongated members on a surgical field, the device comprising:

• a housing;
• at least one pair of retaining members disposed in the housing, the retaining members collectively including a first substantially v-shaped slot to accommodate a first flexible elongated member and a second substantially v-shaped slot to accommodate a second flexible elongated member,
• the first and second substantially v-shaped slots each extend into respective ribbed slots, the ribbed slots each defined by a first finger, including a first rib and a first indentation, and a second finger, including a second rib and a second indentation, the first rib is sized and shaped to fit into the second indentation and the second rib is sized and shaped to fit into the first indentation;
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• an attachment mechanism for holding the housing onto the surgical field, the attachment mechanism including an opposing finger towel capture system.