Patent ID: 9179978
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An organizer for holding surgical instruments comprising: a tray having an upper surface; a plurality of indentations in the tray forming instrument wells having a shape corresponding to the outer shape of surgical instruments; each instrument well configured to have a depth corresponding to the height of a stack of a predetermined number of such instruments, at least one instrument well being deeper than at least one other instrument well; wherein the depth of each instrument well holds a predetermined number of a particular tool, the organizer further comprising at least one first locking bar at the upper surface of the tray and mounted for movement between a first position covering a portion of a first instrument well to a second position uncovering the first instrument well, the first instrument well having at least one shoulder extending away from the first instrument well, the shoulder being positioned a distance below the upper surface of the tray such that the first locking bar is aligned with the upper surface when the first instrument well contains the predetermined number of a particular tool, the first locking bar being out of alignment with the upper surface when the first instrument well contains fewer or more than the predetermined number of a particular tool; and wherein the first locking bar is pivotably mounted on a pin, the first locking bar having a short section extending from the pin and a longer section opposite the short section, the pin acting as a fulcrum and projecting the short section of the first locking bar above the pin when the first locking bar is returned to first position and its corresponding instrument well contains fewer than the predetermined number of a particular tool.