Patent ID: 8480690
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A suture organizer to maintain a plurality of hemostats in spaced relationship relative to each other attached by corresponding sutures to a patient during a surgical procedure or operation, said suture organizer comprising: a hemostat retainer including a hemostat retainer member including a longitudinal centerline and a plurality of grooves formed in the surface thereof, each said groove terminating in a seat to receive the finger hole or thumb hole of a corresponding hemostat connected to a corresponding suture and a clasp movable between an open position and a closed position normally biased in said closed position including a pair of clasp members to cooperatively clamp a surgical drape or the like therebetween to hold the suture organizer in position during the surgical procedure or operation when in said closed position wherein each said groove includes a centerline diagonally inclined relative to said longitudinal centerline of said hemostat retainer member to retain each hemostat within said corresponding groove in spaced relationship relative to the adjacent hemostat.