Patent ID: 7229051
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: A61B,A61M,F16L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A support device for supporting at least one medical wire adjacent a supporting surface, comprising: a plate-shaped holder portion defining a peripheral edge said holder portion comprising a support slot defining a loading opening made in said peripheral edge, a holder well made transversely in said holder portion spacedly from said peripheral edge, said support slot further comprising a channel made transversely in said holder portion and extending between said holder well and said loading opening, said channel opening at a first end into said holder well and opening at a second end outwardly of said holder portion at said loading opening; and attachment means connected to said holder portion for attaching said support device to the supporting surface; wherein a section of a medical wire may be inserted in said loading opening and along said channel in order to enter into said holder well and to be supported therein; further comprising a plate-shaped base portion connected transversely to said holder portion, said base portion for resting against the supporting surface, wherein said support is self-standing: wherein said support device is for attachment to a sheet-covered surface, and said attachment means comprise a sheet wedging slot in said base portion, said sheet wedging slot being for wedging therein a fold of a sheet covering the sheet-covered surface; and wherein said wedging slot also extends coextensively in said holder portion.