Patent ID: 9038239
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61B,A61L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of sterilizing a medical instrument, the method comprising the steps of: providing a medical instrument sterilization platform having at least one hole formed therein, wherein a grommet device is positioned within the at least one hole; inserting the medical instrument into an aperture formed within the grommet device, thereby contacting the medical instrument with at least two upper protruding structures and at least two lower protruding structures formed with the grommet device, wherein the at least two upper protruding structures are independent of the at least two lower protruding structures, and wherein the at least two upper protruding structures are substantially radially aligned with the at least two lower protruding structures, respectively, thereby biasing each of the at least two upper and lower protruding structures radially outwards away from a central axis of the aperture; and retaining the medical instrument within the aperture of the grommet device via contact with the at least two upper protruding structures and the at least two lower protruding structures during a medical instrument sterilization process.