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The present invention provides a patty manager having a dispensing tray including one or more dispensing regions for receiving surgical patties, and a recovery tray having a plurality of recovery regions for receiving surgical patties. Each dispensing region may include a dispensing indicia located,

The present invention provides a patty manager having a dispensing tray including one or more dispensing regions for receiving surgical patties, and a recovery tray having a plurality of recovery regions for receiving surgical patties. Each dispensing region may include a dispensing indicia located, and each recovery region can include a recovery indicia, which may correspond to a substantially similar dispensing indicia of the dispensing tray. A string guide may be disposed about at least a portion of the dispensing regions for the organization and management of the patty strings. A gripping tool may further be coupled to one of the dispensing or recovery trays.

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1. A surgical patty manager for retaining a plurality of surgical patties, comprising: a first tray defining a dispensing region and a string guide, the dispensing region including a first plurality of patty retention elements adapted to retain unused surgical patties and a dispensing indicia associ

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A surgical patty manager for retaining a plurality of surgical patties, comprising: a first tray defining a dispensing region and a string guide, the dispensing region including a first plurality of patty retention elements adapted to retain unused surgical patties and a dispensing indicia associated with each of the first plurality of patty retention elements, and the string guide defining a channel extending longitudinally along a portion of the first tray and a protrusion extending partially over a portion of the string guide;a plurality of unused surgical patties retained in the first plurality of patty retention elements, each of the unused surgical patties having an associated string routed through the string guide; anda second tray movably coupled to the first tray, the second tray defining a recovery region including a second plurality of patty retention elements adapted to receive used surgical patties and a recovery indicia associated with each of the second plurality of patty retention elements, each recovery indicia for the second plurality of patty retention elements having a corresponding dispending indicia associated with one of the first plurality of patty retention elements. 2. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing region includes consecutively numbered dispensing identifiers associated with each of the first plurality of patty retention elements. 3. The surgical patty manager according to claim 2, wherein the recovery region includes consecutively numbered recovery identifiers associated with each of the second plurality of patty retention elements. 4. The surgical patty manager according to claim 3, wherein the consecutively numbered recovery identifiers correspond to the consecutively numbered dispensing identifiers. 5. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, wherein the quantity of dispensing regions is equal to the quantity of recovery regions. 6. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, wherein the second tray is hingedly coupled to the first tray, such that the second tray is able to fold over onto the first tray into a folded configuration. 7. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, wherein the second tray is releasably engageable from the first tray. 8. The surgical patty manager according to claim 6, further comprising a separator sheet positionable between the first tray and the second tray when in the folded configuration. 9. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, further comprising a gripping tool releasably coupled to one of the first tray and the second tray. 10. The surgical patty manager according to claim 9, further comprising a gripping tool retaining device, the gripping tool retaining device being affix able to the one of the first tray and the second tray and being arranged to releasably retain the gripping tool. 11. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, wherein the first tray includes a string guide adjacent the dispensing region, the string guide defining a channel extending along at least a portion of the periphery of the dispensing region and includes a channel extending longitudinally along a portion of the first tray. 12. The surgical patty manager according to claim 11, further comprising a protrusion extending partially over a portion of the string guide. 13. The surgical patty manager according to claim 1, wherein the first tray includes a first portion releasably engageable with a second portion. 14. The surgical patty manager according to claim 13, wherein the second portion is positionable within the first portion. 15. A surgical patty manager for retaining a plurality of surgical patties, comprising: a first tray defining a plurality of dispensing regions, each dispensing region including a patty retention element and a dispensing indicator located therein, each dispensing region adapted to secure an unused surgical patty therein;the first tray defining a string guide adjacent each dispensing region, the string guide defining a channel extending along at least a portion of the periphery of the dispensing region and a protrusion extending partially over a portion of the string guide;a plurality of unused surgical patties retained in the plurality of dispensing regions by the corresponding patty retention element, each of the unused surgical patties having an associated string routed through the string guide; anda second tray movably coupled to the first tray, the second tray defining a plurality of recovery regions each corresponding to one of the plurality of dispensing regions, each recovery region including a patty retention element, and a recovery indicator located therein, each recovery region adapted to secure a used surgical patty therein. 16. The surgical patty manager according to claim 15, wherein each recovery-indicia is substantially similar to a corresponding dispensing indicia. 17. The surgical patty manager according to claim 15, further comprising a separator sheet positionably within a portion of the first tray. 18. The surgical patty manager according to claim 15, wherein the string guide includes a channel extending longitudinally along a portion of the first tray. 19. The surgical patty manager according to claim 15, further comprising a protrusion extending partially over a portion of the string guide. 20. A surgical patty manager for retaining a plurality of surgical patties, comprising: a first tray comprising a plurality of dispensing regions, each dispensing region comprising a patty retention element and a dispensing indicator located therein;the first tray defining a string guide and a protrusion extending partially over a portion of the string guide adjacent each dispensing region the string guide defining a first channel extending longitudinally along a portion of the first tray, and a second channel extending along at least a portion of the periphery of the dispensing region;a plurality of unused surgical patties retained in the plurality of dispensing regions by the corresponding patty retention element, each of the unused surgical patties having an associated string routed through the string guide; anda second tray hingedly coupled to the first tray, the second tray foldable about a hinge onto the first tray into a folded configuration, the second tray comprising a plurality of recovery regions, each recovery region corresponding to one of the dispensing regions in the plurality of dispensing regions, each recovery region comprising a patty retention element and a recovery indicator located therein; andthe recovery indicator being at least partially concealed when a surgical patty is retained within the patty retention element. 21. The surgical patty manager according to claim 20, further comprising a gripping tool releasably coupled to one of the first tray and the second tray. 22. The surgical patty manager according to claim 21, further comprising a gripping tool retaining device, the gripping tool retaining device being affix able to the one of the first tray and the second tray and being arranged to releasably retain the gripping tool.