Patent ID: 8162138

Claim:
The combination of: a plurality of surgical implants having cylindrical shanks with said implants each having a cylindrical shank; a surgical implant caddy for holding said surgical implants during sterilization thereof and thereafter as said implants are removed, one at a time, from said caddy for use in surgery; and wherein said caddy includes: a flexible sheet; a rigid sheet; and, a caddy frame having a top end with a plurality of passages each sized to receive a cylindrical shank, said rigid sheet extending over said top end and affixed thereto with said flexible sheet located between said rigid sheet and said top end of said frame, said flexible sheet having a plurality of movable flaps integrally joined thereto aligned with said passages and having a first position extending over said passages and a second position extending into said passages when said cylindrical shanks extend into said passages being removably held therein by said movable flaps, said movable flaps arranged in a group associated with each passage and said movable flaps in a group spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of said cylindrical shank limiting movement of said cylindrical shank.