Patent ID: 8075849
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. A retainer for retaining a medical device in a container having a wall with perforations, said retainer comprising: a rigid support portion to provide at least one bonding surface, at least one leg extending from the bonding surface and an axial passage extending into said leg from a free end thereof so that the retainer may be positioned on said wall with each axial passage in register with a perforation in said wall, wherein said wall is contacted by said leg only at a surface directly underneath said leg, and injection molding a plastic material directly onto said bonding surface to form a flexible resilient instrument holding portion which extends from the support portion in a direction opposite to that of said at least one leg so that the retainer is devoid of cracks and crevices which could be potential sites for bacterial in-growth; and a seal between each leg and the wall.