Patent ID: 8704178

Claim:
A container having a design and construction for use in a surgical operating room to receive and securely contain fluid-carrying surgical objects in the container, the container comprising: a rigid top member including at least one port opening therein, and having a recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter; a rigid retaining ring sized and shaped to match the size and shape of the recessed portion of the underside of the top member along an outer perimeter of the rigid top member; a flexible bag body having an open top portion and a sealed bottom portion, an outer perimeter of the open top portion being folded over the rigid retaining ring, the rigid retaining ring with the folded over perimeter of the open top portion of the flexible bag body being mated and locked in the recessed portion of the underside of the top member along the outer perimeter of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement; and a lid, being rotatably secured along an edge of the lid to an edge of the top surface of the rigid top member in a fluid-tight seal arrangement, that when rotated to a substantially vertical orientation relative to a top surface of the rigid top member providing a splash guard from the fluid-tight seal arrangement of the edge of the lid secured to the edge of the top surface of the rigid top member for any fluids that may be splashed by objects being placed into the container through the at least one port opening.