Patent ID: 8074797

Claim:
A needle storage receptacle for safely storing and disposing of used suture needles in the operating room, the needle storage receptacle comprising: one or more needle-storing units, each needle-storing unit being open/closable along a fold line or score and furnished with a mounting pad made from sheeting and having adhesive surfaces on front and rear sides thereof, a lid part demarcated from said mounting pad by the fold line or score, said lid part for covering said mounting pad, said lid part being made from sheeting and having an adhesive surface on a front side thereof, wherein said lid part adhesive surface adheres to one of said mounting pad adhesive surfaces to securely capture and store a used suture needle, and a grip tab in order that said lid part may be grasped when the needle storing unit is to be open/closed; and film-anchoring portions, said film-anchoring portions being structures different from the needle-storing units and extending outward from said units, said film anchoring portions provided on both of right-and-left ends of the needle storage receptacle.