Patent ID: 8371448

Claim:
A storage device for storing used surgical towels, sponges or other medical waste materials, the storage device comprising: a rear panel having an upper portion and a lower portion formed from a liquid impervious, polymeric flexible sheet material, the upper portion of the rear panel having a coupling mechanism for coupling the device to a sterile structure of a surgical room, the rear panel having a weakened partition area for separating the lower portion from the upper portion; and a compartment assembly formed by two or more flexible compartments formed from a liquid impervious, polymeric material provided on the lower portion of the rear panel, each compartment having an upper opening for introducing materials into the compartment, each compartment having a forward wall that is at least partially transparent so that the contents of the compartment are observable; wherein all components of the storage device are sterile for use in a sterile environment; wherein the coupling mechanism constitutes a layer of adhesive provided on the rearward surface of the upper portion of the rear panel; and the storage device is prepackaged with a mayo stand cover, wherein the storage device is adapted to be fixed to the mayo stand cover by the adhesive layer, and the lower portion is adapted to be removed from the mayo stand cover by separation at the weakened partition area.