Surgical gauze sponge manager

Claim 1

A surgical gauze sponge manager to receive a predetermined number of discarded sponges and to contain bodily fluids absorbed thereby, comprising: a first set of dimensionally controlled pockets, including a plurality of individual pockets each sized to receive one standard surgical gauze sponge that are positioned and interconnected together in a side-by-side relationship with each of said pockets being in fluid communication with a common bottom reservoir for collecting bodily fluids; a second set of dimensionally controlled pockets in mirror image relationship to said first set of pockets, and extending from an edge area adjacent the openings of said first set of pockets, and including a plurality of individual pockets positioned and interconnected together in a side-by-side relationship with each of said pockets being in fluid communication with a second common bottom reservoir for collecting bodily fluids; side reservoirs positioned and interconnected in a side-by-side relationship with the outermost pockets of said first and said second sets of pockets to collect bodily fluids overflowing said outermost pockets; a containment pocket extending outwardly from a second edge area adjacent said second common bottom reservoir, the opening of said containment pocket also being adjacent said second edge area, and including an inner chamber sized to fully receive said first and second sets of pockets and said side reservoirs overlayed one upon the other to form a vertical stack; and connecting means interconnecting said first and second sets of pockets and said containment pocket, including interconnecting said second and said first set of pockets together, and interconnecting said containment pocket and said second set of pockets together.