Surgical instrument support device

Claim 1

A device for supporting a plurality of medical instruments comprises a substantially flat circular baseplate member, an upstanding post on said base at the center thereof and projecting upwardly and axially therefrom, a substantially flat circular support plate member being of substantially the same size as said base, said support member having a plurality of symmetrical openings therein spaced inwardly from the circumferential edge thereof, and axis of each opening being disposed substantially parallel to the axis of said support member, each opening accommodating an end portion of an instrument therethrough, the other end portion of the instrument being positioned upon the baseplate, a centrally located second post fixedly connected with said support member and extending axially in opposite directions therefrom, the upper end of said second post projecting substantially beyond said support member and defining a handle, one end portion of one of said posts having an elongate hollow bore therein of circular configuration, one end portion of the other post being telescopically received in said bore and being circular in cross-sectional configuration to permit relative rotation and vertical adjustment between said posts, means on one of said posts releasably engaging the other of said posts to permit posts to be releasably locked in an adjusted position, a plurality of outwardly projecting circumferentially spacedapart similar supporting elements secured to the circumferential edge of said support member throughout the periphery thereof and each adapted to support an apertured instrument blade therefrom, the cross-sectional size of each of said support plate and baseplate members having a crosssectional size and a vertical spacing therebetween whereby the entire devIce may be positioned within a conventional sterilizing container containing a sterilizing fluid so that apertured instrument blades on the supporting elements and instruments projecting through the openings in the support member will be sterilized, each of said supporting elements projecting outwardly and upwardly from the support plate member, a plurality of identification plates positioned upon the support member and each including a depending portion depending therefrom in right angular relation thereto, the depending portion of each plate having an opening therein through which one of said support elements projects, and each of said identification plates having indicia on the upper surface thereof and being readily removable from the support member.

Claim 2

A device for supporting a plurality of medical instruments comprises a substantially flat circular baseplate member, an upstanding post on said base at the center thereof and projecting upwardly and axially therefrom, a substantially flat circular support plate member being of substantially the same size as said base, said support member having a plurality of symmetrical openings therein spaced inwardly from the circumferential edge thereof, and axis of each opening being disposed substantially parallel to the axis of said support member, each opening accommodating an end portion of an instrument therethrough, the other end portion of the instrument being positioned upon the baseplate, a centrally located second post fixedly connected with said support member and extending axially in opposite directions therefrom, the upper end of said second post projecting substantially beyond said support member and defining a handle, one end portion of one of said posts having an elongate hollow bore therein of circular configuration, one end portion of the other post being telescopically received in said bore and being circular in cross-sectional configuration to permit relative rotation and vertical adjustment between said posts, means on one of said posts releasably engaging the other of said posts to permit posts to be releasably locked in an adjusted position, a plurality of outwardly projecting circumferentially spacedapart similar supporting elements secured to the circumferential edge of said support member throughout the periphery thereof and each adapted to support an apertured instrument blade therefrom, the cross-sectional size of each of said support plate and baseplate members having a crosssectional size and a vertical spacing therebetween whereby the entire devIce may be positioned within a conventional sterilizing container containing a sterilizing fluid so that apertured instrument blades on the supporting elements and instruments projecting through the openings in the support member will be sterilized, each of said supporting elements projecting outwardly and upwardly from the support plate member, a plurality of identification plates positioned upon the support member and each including a depending portion depending therefrom in right angular relation thereto, the depending portion of each plate having an opening therein through which one of said support elements projects, and each of said identification plates having indicia on the upper surface thereof and being readily removable from the support member.