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US 8,997,985 B2Granted
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 comprises an elongated body portion including a plurality of slots. Each of the slots may be configured so as to retain a surgical instrument in a fixed position. The elongated body portion may have a base surface configured to contact a table surface.
Claims20
A surgical instrument holder, comprising:
- an elongated body portion being formed of a foam material and including a plurality of slots, each of the slots being configured so as to retain a surgical instrument in a fixed position, the elongated body portion having a base surface configured to contact a table surface, the elongated body portion shaped as a semi-circle or elongated semi-circle in cross-section outside of each slot, the elongated body portion having a plurality of indications of where the surgical instrument holder may be severed into a plurality of separate surgical instrument holders, the plurality of indications being distinct from the plurality of slots;
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- wherein the surgical instrument holder is in a roll form.
A surgical instrument holder, comprising:
- an elongated body portion being formed of a non-metallic foam material and including a plurality of slots, each of the slots being configured so as to retain a surgical instrument in a fixed position, the elongated body portion having a base surface configured to contact a table surface, the elongated body portion exhibiting a consistent semi-circular shape or elongated semi-circular shape in cross-section outside of each slot;
- a magnetic strip within the elongated body portion configured to provide magnetic retention of the surgical instrument;
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- wherein the base surface includes a suction mechanism configured to secure the surgical instrument holder to the table surface.
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A surgical instrument holder, comprising:
- an elongated body portion being formed of a non-metallic material and including a plurality of slots, each of the slots being configured so as to retain a surgical instrument in a fixed position, the elongated body portion having a base surface configured to contact a table surface, the elongated body portion having a plurality of indications of where the surgical instrument holder may be broken into a plurality of separate surgical instrument holders, wherein each of the plurality of indications corresponds to a respective indent or a respective partial cut to ease breaking, the plurality of indications being separate from the plurality of slots;
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- wherein the surgical instrument holder is in a roll form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.