Medical tubing and implement organizer

Claim 1

A medical implement and tubing organizer comprising a base portion for supporting said organizer on a supporting surface and receiving medical implements, and a multiple tubing holder portion for carrying a plurality of tubes; said base portion including an elongated support element and a substantially planar element defining a plurality of aperture located in said planar element and adapted to receive medical implements; said multiple tubing holder portion extending out of a plane defined by a surface of said base portion and including: a top member, a bottom member positioned beneath said top member, hinging means defining a pivot point between said top member and said bottom member, said hinging means is a living hinge, said living hinge is removable from said top member and said bottom member, releasable and reusable closure means for repeatedly holding said top member and said bottom member in a generally parallel relationship and for releasing said top member from said bottom member, said releasable and reusable closure means attached to both said top and bottom members, a plurality of mutually complementing cavities cut out of both said top and bottom members, and removable and reusable engagement means integral to said bottom member for repeatedly attaching said multiple tubing holder portion to said base portion and for releasing said multiple tubing holder portion from said base portion, whereby when said bottom and said top member are rotated about said pivot point and placed in a generally parallel relationship, said mutually complementing cavities define a plurality of generally cylindrical lateral bores in a side-by-side arrangement; wherein said multiple tubing holder portion and said base portion are configured so said multiple tubing holder portion is removable from said base portion, while maintaining medical implements in said base portion and tubing in said multiple tubing holder portion in predetermined orientations, respectively.