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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1983
Filed:
May. 15, 1981
John D Eldridge, Jr, Balboa Island, CA (US);
Instranetics, Inc., Tustin, CA (US);
Abstract
A surgical instrument tip protector has a cushioned foam base member for receiving a surgical instrument positioned thereon and a cover member which overlies a lower portion of said base and is peripherally bonded to said base to form an open-ended pocket to protect the instrument tip. The cover is a single integrally formed material comprising a foam portion which is essentially opaque and a non-porous portion which is essentially transparent located to permit the visual inspection of said instrument tip. The cover is formed by providing a single piece of foam and applying heat and pressure to a predetermined area to form the non-porous transparent portion.