Patent ID: 8245845

Claim:
An apparatus for holding at least one surgical instrument used in a surgery, comprising: (a) a holder body having a top surface, a contoured bottom surface and at least one elongated cylinder sized to hold said at least one surgical instrument when not in use during surgery, but allow easy removal of said at least one surgical instrument; (b) at least one elongated open slotted channel located adjacent to said at least one elongated cylinder for anchoring and directing a hose or a cable of said at least one surgical instrument and is held in a predetermined place away from a surgical area but is movable in response to manipulation of the at least one surgical instrument so as not to restrain movement of the at least one surgical instrument; (c) a cleaning spike located within a narrow chamber of said holder body and located parallel to said at least one elongated cylinder for prying and cleaning loose obstructions in said at least one surgical instrument; (d) an abrasive pad located on said top surface of said holder body and having two abrasive surfaces at an angle to each other for cleaning a tip of said at least one surgical instrument; (e) said at least one elongated cylinder further having a sealed chamber with a passageway decreasing diameter for accommodating a plurality of different size suction nozzles and stopping the suction action and muffling the noise from the suction nozzle of a suction device of said at least one surgical instrument; and (f) pressure sensitive adhesive having an adhesive surface covered by a removable cover for securing said contoured bottom surface of said holder body to a surgical drape around a patient.