Method and apparatus for loading
AssigneeTurbett Surgical, Inc.
InventorsRobert E. Turbett, Richard D. Richmond
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Abstract
Presented is a method and apparatus for loading. The method includes loading one of an individually sterilized item or a non-sterile item into the cart, the cart comprising a top portion, and a plurality of wheels fixedly coupled to a bottom portion of the cart able to freely rotate and support the cart. The method further includes loading a sterilizing cabinet onto the cart, the sterilizing cabinet being removeably affixed to the cart and comprising an interior, the interior containing collectively sterilized items, the interior being sterilizable and resealable.
Claims13
A method of loading a sterilizable cart, the method comprising:
- (a) loading one of an individually sterilized item or a non-sterile item into the sterilizable cart, the sterilizable cart having an access port defined by (i) an integral top portion of the sterilizable cart configured to maintain the weight of a sterilizing cabinet, (ii) a right side, a left side, and a back side, (iii) a vent-free bottom portion having a plurality of wheels fixedly coupled to the vent-free bottom portion of the sterilizable cart able to freely rotate and support the sterilizable cart, and (iv) at least one door connected to the sterilizable cart, the at least one door moveable between an open position permitting passage through the access port to an interior of the sterilizable cart and a closed position precluding passage though the access port, wherein an internal volume is defined by the right side, the left side, the back side, the integral top portion, and the vent-free bottom portion, and wherein the integral top portion comprises a planar portion that is at least partially permanently affixed to an edge of the right side, an edge of the left side, and an edge of the back side, and wherein the sterilizable cart further comprises a plurality of shelves located in the interior of the sterilizable cart;
- (b) loading a sterilizing cabinet onto the integral top portion of the sterilizable cart, the sterilizing cabinet being removeably affixed to the integral top portion of the sterilizable cart and comprising an interior, the interior containing collectively sterilized items, the interior being sterilizable and resealable;
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- (c) loading another sterilizing cabinet on one of the plurality of shelves located in the interior of the sterilizable cart, wherein the one of the plurality of shelves located in the interior of the sterilizable cart includes a lock, and wherein the lock is able to removably affix a bottom of the another sterilizing cabinet to the one of the plurality of shelves located in the interior of the sterilizable cart.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.