Ring-Handled Instrument Stringer Rack and Method

A ring-handled instrument rack comprising a body having a top, a bottom, and four side walls connecting the bottom to the top;

• said four side walls being one each of a front side wall, a left side wall, a right side wall, and a rear side wall;
• said top having top grooves defined by top groove walls;
• said top grooves extending from and through said front side wall toward said rear side wall, and terminating at a lower ring receiving channel;
• said lower ring receiving channel extending from and through said left side wall to and through said right side wall;
• said lower ring receiving channel having ring channel grooves and ring channel groove walls defining individual ring-handled instrument ring receiving areas;
• said ring receiving channel having a cross section when viewed from either said right side wall or said left side wall of an arc of not more than 180° and further extending tangentially from the endpoints of said arc so that said ring receiving channel groove walls meet with said top groove walls on the side of the ring receiving channel closest to said front side and said ring receiving channel grooves meet with said top grooves on the side of said ring receiving channel closest to said front side;
• said top grooves at the bottom thereof having an angle of 0° to 25° below the horizontal when running from said front side toward said rear side;
• each top groove and each ring receiving channel groove being sized to accommodate ring-handled medical instruments.