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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Jason Hawkes, Weare, NH (US);
George P. Hannafin, Hudson, NH (US);
Symmetry Medical Manufacturing, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for retaining medical instruments is disclosed. The apparatus includes a medical instrument tray having a substantially planar, rigid interior section, wherein the interior section has a plurality of holes formed therein. A flexible grommet sheet is positioned abutting a first side of the medical instrument tray, the flexible grommet sheet having a plurality of openings therein, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of openings are substantially axially aligned with the plurality of holes formed within the interior section. A substantially rigid back plate is removably attached to the medical instrument tray, wherein the flexible grommet sheet is positioned between the first side of the interior section and the back plate, and wherein the back plate has a plurality of holes positioned therein, wherein the plurality of holes are substantially axially aligned with the plurality of holes formed within the interior section.
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