U.S. Patent 8162138 was awarded to ContainMed, Inc. on 2012-04-24 and describes a “Universal surgical fastener sterilization caddy.” This patent has been cited 250 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A universal surgical screw caddy. An enclosure includes a cover secured to a frame. A flexible sheet is located between an affixed to the cover and frame. A plurality of holes formed in the cover allow the surgical screws to be inserted into the caddy past a plurality of movable portions of the flexible sheet releasably holding the screws in the caddy. Link: U.S. Patent 8162138

This patent was originally filed on 2009-11-09 which gives it a processing time of 897 days, compared to an average processing time of 1050 in the field. ContainMed, Inc. has 7 total patents. The first named inventor is Todd E. Bettenhausen of Indianapolis, IN. The primary examiner was J. Gregory Pickett.

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