Patent ID: 8366638

Claim:
A medical device for loading and managing medical guide wires into a selected tubular medical instrument having a selected outside radius, said medical loading device comprising: a body having a top surface and a bottom surface; at least one retaining member disposed on the top surface of the body, the retaining member being adapted to retain at least one flexible elongated member in a selected position; a plurality of open grooves formed in the top surface of said body for receiving medical guide wires and tubular medical instruments; each of said plurality of open grooves further comprises: sides that extend within said body and from said top surface of said body; and a rounded contour at the bottom of said sides, said rounded contour having a cross section with a radius that matches said outside radius of said selected tubular medical instrument to within plus or minus 10%; wherein said sides and said rounded contour of said plurality of open grooves have a combined depth greater than the outside diameter of said selected tubular instrument; and wherein at least one but not all of said plurality of open grooves includes a first portion having a shallower depth than a second portion of said at least one of said plurality, said first portion of said groove having a first rounded contour with a smaller radius than a second rounded contour in said second portion of said groove; and wherein a different rounded contour is formed in each of at least two of said plurality of grooves, said different contours corresponding to the outside radii of a plurality of different sized selected tubular medical instruments; and an attachment mechanism coupled to the body, the attachment mechanism for securing the body to a fabric.