Patent ID: 8523824

Claim:
A device for managing associated pairs of flexible elongated members on a surgical field, the device comprising: a housing including at least three vertical supports each extending from a respective support base end to a respective support top end, the vertical supports defining at least two retaining member housings having open tops formed by spacing between support top ends of sequential vertical supports; means for holding the housing in a selected position and orientation on the surgical field; and at least one pair of retaining members disposed in the at least two retaining member housings, each retaining member configured to be disposed in a respective retaining member housing, each of the pair of retaining members having a member base end surrounded by neighboring respective support base ends, a member top end adjacent respective support top ends, and a v-shaped slot originating at the member top end and extending in a direction of the member base end, each v-shaped slot configured to receive at least one flexible elongated member in a selected position.