Surgical needle and sharps holding container
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1. In a hinged disposable container for retaining surgical implements, the improvement comprising:
- an outside shell means for completely containing the implements comprised of two open-topped boxes;
a hinge means for pivotally attaching said open-topped boxes to each other so that said open-topped boxes may be disposed against each other to form one continuous enclosure;
a closure means to maintain said open-topped boxes in a closed position;
an elongated resilient strip of resilient material which is provided with one or more slots, each slot defining resilient surfaces on either side of the slot which make contiguous contact and are slightly deformed upon a surgical implement being inserted into the slot so as to retain the implement by the frictional forces exerted by said surfaces, said strip being attached to an inside surface of at least one open-topped box; and
numerical indicia means provided adjacent to said slots so that each slot is indicated with a sequential number.
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Abstract
A hinged disposable container for retaining surgical implements is disclosed. The container is provided with one or more elongated strips of a resilient material. The surgical implements are retained by inserting them into slots formed in the strip, and numerical indications enable the user to precisely determine the number of needles in the container. Separate adhesive means are provided for holding other sharps in position.
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1. In a hinged disposable container for retaining surgical implements, the improvement comprising:
- an outside shell means for completely containing the implements comprised of two open-topped boxes;
a hinge means for pivotally attaching said open-topped boxes to each other so that said open-topped boxes may be disposed against each other to form one continuous enclosure;
a closure means to maintain said open-topped boxes in a closed position;
an elongated resilient strip of resilient material which is provided with one or more slots, each slot defining resilient surfaces on either side of the slot which make contiguous contact and are slightly deformed upon a surgical implement being inserted into the slot so as to retain the implement by the frictional forces exerted by said surfaces, said strip being attached to an inside surface of at least one open-topped box; and
numerical indicia means provided adjacent to said slots so that each slot is indicated with a sequential number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- an outside shell means for completely containing the implements comprised of two open-topped boxes;
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