Patent ID: 8505748

Claim:
An apparatus configured to support a plurality of surgical instruments, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of spacers; and a plurality of concave chambers each of which has a uniform width distance as measured between two of the spacers, wherein a length and width of each of the plurality of spacers is smaller than a distance across each of the plurality of concave chambers, and wherein each individual spacer is positioned at a top portion between two separate concave chambers of the plurality of concave chambers, and wherein each of the plurality of concave chambers include: two supporting protrusions positioned only on sidewall portions of each of the concave chambers above a lower portion of the concave chambers with one supporting protrusion of the two supporting protrusions positioned on one sidewall of each of the respective concave chambers and the other one of the two supporting protrusions positioned on a second sidewall of each of the respective concave chambers, and wherein a surface area of each of the two supporting protrusions includes a semicircular shape extending from a first higher position of each of the respective sidewalls to a lower second position of each of the respective sidewalls, and wherein a lowest point of a bottom surface of each of the plurality of concave chambers comprises a sloped surface wherein a first low point of the sloped surface is on a front side of the apparatus and a second low point of the sloped surface is on a rear side of the apparatus, the first low point being closer in distance to a resting surface supporting the apparatus than a distance between the resting surface and the second low point; a suture tie rack configured with a plurality of suture tie holders, wherein the suture tie rack includes a breakable edge such that the suture tie rack may be removed from the apparatus.