Mounting plate to hold medical instruments and implants using posts with flexible holders
A system for organizing, protecting, sterilizing, storing and delivery of surgical instruments, implants and related devices. Post and button fasteners are removably mounted to a tray and hold rigid and flexible bracketry for securing devices within the assembly. Silicone holders are mounted to upstanding pegs secured to the tray wall by nuts limiting movement of the holders relative to the tray wall.
1. A device to hold surgical instruments for sterilization comprising:
a perforated wall having an aperture extending therethrough;
an upstanding, compressible surgical instrument holder to support a surgical instrument atop said wall, said holder including a bottom portion and a top portion with a first hole extending through said holder from said bottom portion to said top portion;
a first peg having an enlarged bottom head positioned beneath and adjacent said wall and a shank integrally attached to said head with said shank extending through said aperture and said hole, said peg having an enlarged top end positioned atop and against said top portion of said holder; and,
a first fastener located atop said wall and aligned with said aperture receiving said shank and securing said peg to said wall, said fastener located between and in contact with said wall and said bottom portion of said holder, said compressible holder located between and in contact with said enlarged top end of said peg and said fastener with said enlarged top end forcing said compressible holder against said fastener allowing said fastener to move relative to said peg but limiting disengagement of said peg from said wall; and wherein;
said wall includes a second aperture extending therethrough;
said holder includes a second hole parallel to said first hole and extending through said holder from said bottom portion to said top portion; and further comprising:
a second peg having a second enlarged bottom head positioned beneath and adjacent said wall and a second shank integrally attached to said second head with said second shank extending through said second aperture in said wall and said second hole, said second peg having an second enlarged top end positioned atop and against said top portion of said holder; and,
a second fastener located atop said wall and aligned with said second aperture receiving said second shank and securing said second peg to said wall, said second fastener located between and in contact with said wall and said bottom portion of said holder, said compressible holder located between and in contact with said second top end of said second peg and said second fastener with said second top end forcing said compressible holder against said second fastener allowing said second fastener to move relative to said second peg but limiting disengagement of said second peg from said wall; and wherein
said holder includes a first column, a second column, and a vertically extending first wall integrally joined to said first column and said second column, said first hole extends through said first column and said second hole extends through said second column, said vertically extending wall has a recess to receive and hold therein a surgical instrument; and
said holder includes a second wall extending between said first column and said second column and spaced apart from said vertically extending wall providing a stop surface limiting movement of an instrument received in said recess.
2. The device of claim 1 and further comprising:
a tray with a base wall and upstanding side and end walls joined together forming a cavity into which said perforated wall fits;
a plurality of holders mounted to said perforated wall for holding surgical instruments atop said perforated wall with said perforated wall inserted into said tray atop said base wall for sterilization; and,
a plurality of pegs and fasteners mounting said holders to said perforated wall.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein:
said first enlarged head and said second enlarged head are in contact with said perforated wall atop said base wall.
4. The device of claim 1 wherein:
said shank of said peg has a top shank portion with a truncated conical shape beneath and adjacent said enlarged top end and a bottom shank portion of fixed diameter; and,
said holder is produced from silicone and has a top surface in contact with said enlarged top end of said peg, said hole sized relative to said shank to limit axial movement of said holder relative to said peg with said hole having an outside diameter less than the fixed diameter of said bottom shank portion requiring said holder to be in a stretched state to fit on said bottom shank portion, said hole complementary in shape to said conical shape of said shank immediately beneath said top surface of said holder.
5. The device of claim 4 wherein:
said hole has an internal diameter 0.5 mm smaller than said bottom shank portion and is sized larger than said top shank portion to allow said holder to tightly grip said bottom shank portion and relax on said top shank portion.