Gore-Tex Suture Board Features?

[Yah-E]

Dear Doctors:

I have this Gore-Tex Suturing Board to practice hand ties and all, but I can't find any descriptions on what all the gadgets on the suturing board is for. Here are all the gadgets on the board:

In the middle of the board:
1) two parallel rubber hoes simulating an incision for hand tie (this I know)
2) a cylinder with a hook in the middle for hand tie in deep/narrow spaces (this I know)

Now onto gadgets that I don't know:

Towards the top of the board:
2 clip board clips 4 inches apart with their opening end facing each other

Towards the bottom of the board:
2 plastic rings (like lifesaver candies) about the size of quarter attached to the board by rubber bands

What are these two gadgets trying to simulate?

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[Yah-E]

anyone?

 

[ekydrd]

The two rings are for practicing holding enough tension while throwing the next tie to keep from throwing an air knot. Thus the rubber bands. I was also told the clips were for clipping in a piece of synthetic material to practice using suturing hand tools with real sutures, but nobody here has seen the material for these boards in years.

 

[Yah-E]

Thanks! 😀