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An inexpensive, lightweight apparatus and method is provided for removing coagulum and other debris from the tip of cautery blades and needles during use and for holding cautery blades and needles when not in use. The cleaner comprises a pad having a lower compressible portion and an upper fibrous a

An inexpensive, lightweight apparatus and method is provided for removing coagulum and other debris from the tip of cautery blades and needles during use and for holding cautery blades and needles when not in use. The cleaner comprises a pad having a lower compressible portion and an upper fibrous abrasive portion which is mounted to a hard, non-compressible base. The apparatus can be attached to a surgical drape or other accessible surface to permit cleaning using only one hand to manipulate the cauterizing instrument. Cautery tips and other sharp surgical instruments are cleaned by plunging them into, and then withdrawing them from, the abrasive pad. The pad also provides a convenient structure for holding cautery tips and other sharp surgical instrument in a point down, base up configuration when the instruments are not in use.

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A method for cleaning surgical cautery tips using a cautery tip cleaner comprising a relatively thick sterilizable, compressible pad mounted on a substantially non-compressible, puncture resistant base having a means for attaching the cautery tip cleaner to a surface within easy reach of a user, sai

A method for cleaning surgical cautery tips using a cautery tip cleaner comprising a relatively thick sterilizable, compressible pad mounted on a substantially non-compressible, puncture resistant base having a means for attaching the cautery tip cleaner to a surface within easy reach of a user, said compressible pad including a upper fibrous abrasive portion having a top surface, said upper fibrous abrasive portion being sufficiently thick so that if a cautery tip is pushed into said abrasive portion and withdrawn, any coagulum or debris attached to said tip will be substantially removed by the fibrous abrasive material, said method comprising: attaching the cautery tip cleaner to a surface within easy reach of a user; pushing the point of the cautery tip through the top surface of the upper fibrous abrasive portion and well into the compressible pad of the cautery tip cleaner; and, withdrawing the cautery tip from the compressible pad of the cautery tip cleaner.