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A reusable, flexible surgical drape which is laid over a patient adjacent the surgical field and which retains surgical instruments thereon to facilitate access to the instruments. A plurality of magnets are embedded in the drape so as to retain magnetizable instruments placed on the drape by means

A reusable, flexible surgical drape which is laid over a patient adjacent the surgical field and which retains surgical instruments thereon to facilitate access to the instruments. A plurality of magnets are embedded in the drape so as to retain magnetizable instruments placed on the drape by means of magnetic force. A non-magnetized portion is provided in the center of the drape for storage of non-magnetizable instruments. A plurality of filaments extend upwardly from the nonmagnetic portion and aid in retaining the instruments in place. To prevent instruments from falling off the drape, the periphery of the drape is deformable to a non-planar orientation. A reusable pouch in which additional instruments are stored is removably secured to the drape. Ribs are provided on the interior of the pouch to maintain the walls of the pouch in a spaced relationship, and perforations are provided through the walls to permit sterilization of the pouch in an autoclave.

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1. An apparatus for retaining surgical instruments adjacent a surgical field, comprising: drape having a top surface on which surgical instruments are rested and a bottom surface which lays entirely on a patient, said drape being flexible so as to conform to said patient; plurality of instrument

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An apparatus for retaining surgical instruments adjacent a surgical field, comprising: drape having a top surface on which surgical instruments are rested and a bottom surface which lays entirely on a patient, said drape being flexible so as to conform to said patient; plurality of instrument-retaining magnets secured to said drape and oriented so that when a magnetizable surgical instrument is placed on said top surface of said drape adjacent one of said magnets, the force of magnetic attraction between said magnet and said instrument will cause said instrument to be retained in place on said top surface of said drape; a peripheral portion of said drape being maintained in a non-planar configuration by extending upwardly, away from said patient, said peripheral portion preventing surgical instruments from falling off said drape during a surgical procedure in the event that insufficient magnetic attraction is achieved to retain said instrument on said top surface, said drape thereby retaining and providing access to said surgical instruments so as t enable repeated placement of said instruments on said drape and removal of said instruments from said drape during the course of a surgical procedure; and means for reversibly causing deformation of said peripheral portion of said drape, said deformation causing means maintaining said non-planar configuration of said peripheral portion. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said deformation causing means comprises a deformable strip of metallic material secured to said drape. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said deformable strip has a plurality of apertures and is embedded within said drape. 4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein: said peripheral portion is defined by an edge of said drape; and said strip being elongate and extending substantially normal to said edge. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said strip extends between said magnets and said edge. 6. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said strip has rounded corners. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said deformation causing means comprises a peripheral magnet secured to said drape adjacent said peripheral portion, said peripheral magnet being spaced from said instrument retaining magnets and oriented so that, upon folding said drape along said space between said peripheral and instrument retaining magnets, said magnets will be magnetically attracted when superimposed on one another and will maintain said peripheral portion in a folded, non-planar position. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said drape further comprises an integral, non-magnetized portion which encompasses a sufficient area on said top surface of said drape so as to rest thereon non-magnetizable surgical instruments or surgical instruments to which application of a magnetic field will have a deleterious effect. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein said non-magnetized portion is flexible and is surrounded by a flexible lip which is raised above said top surface, so as to aid in retaining said instruments on said non-magnetized portion. 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein said non-magnetized portion is substantially centered within said drape and is surrounded by said magnets. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said peripheral portion is integral with said drape. 12. An apparatus for retaining surgical instruments adjacent a surgical field, comprising: a drape having a top surface on which surgical instruments are rested and a bottom surface which lays entirely on a patient, said drape being flexible so as to conform to said patient; a plurality of instrument-retaining magnets secured to said drape and oriented so that, when a magnetizable surgical instrument is placed on said top surface of said drape adjacent one of said magnets, the force of magnetic attraction between said magnet and said instrument will cause said instrument to be retained in place on said top surface of said drape; and a non-magnetized portion of said drape which encompasses a sufficient area on said top surface of said drape so as to rest thereon non-magnetizable surgical instruments or surgical instruments to which application of a magnetic field will have a deleterious effect wherein said non-magnetized portion is positioned substantially within the center of said drape. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said non-magnetized portion is integral with said drape. 14. An apparatus for retaining surgical instruments adjacent a surgical field, comprising: a drape having a top surface on which surgical instruments are rested and a bottom surface which lays entirely on a patient, said drape being flexible so as to conform to said patient; a plurality of instrument-retaining magnets secured to said drape and oriented so that, when a magnetizable surgical instrument is placed on said top surface of said drape adjacent one of said magnets, the force of magnetic attraction between said magnet and said instrument will cause said instrument to be retained in place on said top surface of said drape; and a non-magnetized portion of said drape which encompasses a sufficient area on said top surface of said drape so as to rest thereon non-magnetizable surgical instruments or surgical instruments to which application of a magnetic field will have a deleterious effect, wherein said non-magnetized portion is flexible and is surrounded by a flexible lip which is raised above said top surface, so as to aid in retaining said instruments on said non-magnetized portion.