Abstract: A rigid, disposable container for safety containing and disposing of medical-surgical materials, including needles, syringes, scalpels and dressings after use, comprises five, lightweight plastic pieces which snap together without tools to form a closed container having a one-way barrier at a larger opening for the insertion of used materials therethrough, which barrier can be removed if desired, and additional apertures having sharps-removing features molded therein to permit the simultaneous removal of sharps from associated devices and their disposal therethrough. A flush, lockable, sliding cover is provided on the container to close the disposal openings against passage of macroscopic material either partially during use or completely before disposal.

Abstract: An inexpensive, foldup container for holding and disposing of used medical materials is die-stamped from a single piece of cardboard material and crimped along a plurality of lines to define a plurality of rectangular panels hingably-attached to one another which fold together to form a rectangular carton having an aperture in the top guarded by a barrier flap which permits the one-way disposal of used medical materials, such as disposable sharps and dressings, and further includes a hinged cover which can be locked shut over the disposal opening to retain the contents within the container and to resist tampering during the disposal process. The container may be provided in a partially assembled, flat configuration for storing and shipping.

Abstract: A sterile cover for the handle on a surgical light is comprised of an integrally formed disposable plastic sheath generally in the shape of a unibody hollow cylinder with either a hollow inverse conical-shaped member or a dish shaped member at an open end of the cylinder. An alternative embodiment of the invention relates to an adapter kit having an adapter bushing, an adapter handle for threaded or snap-on attachment to the stud on any of a variety of lighting fixtures and sterile covers to allow the covers to be used on light fixtures having different sizes of handle mounting studs.

Abstract: A sterilizable support tray for medical instruments is disclosed comprising a block of sterilizable reticulated foam material having multiple parallel longitudinally-extending and laterally-extending slices which penetrate partially through the thickness of the foam block. In addition to a verticle component, at least one of the slices includes a horizontal component for defining a plane and creating a reduced cross-section partable web attaching multiple finger portions created by said slices to an unsliced base portion. The partable webs define a location and plane at which individual finger portions may be torn away from the base portion to define custom-shaped channels within which medical instruments may be positioned, stored, sterilized, and accounted for.

Abstract: A surgical towel and drape clamp having opposed jaw members connected to and opened and closed by the action of pivotally interconnected shank members having finger loop members and locking ratchet members is provided with tip means on one of said jaw members having a blunt distal end portion, the other of said jaw members being provided with tip means having a concave distal end portion which has a peripheral blunt edge. Upon placing a surgical towel or surgical drape between the tip means of said jaw members and manipulating the finger loops to close the jaw members and bring the locking ratchets into interengagement with each other, the surgical towel or surgical drape is trapped between the blunt distal end portion of one of the tip means and the concave distal end portion of the other tip means.

Abstract: A hinged sterilizable disposable container for magnetizable surgical instruments which has relatively large upper and lower portions connected by sides of a relatively narrower dimension. A non-deformable outer case is provided for retaining the instruments entirely within the case and precluding any tendencies for said instruments to protrude from the case. Magnetic means are provided which completely cover the interior portion of the case and retain any magnetizable instruments placed within the case.