Selective thermal treatment of medical instrument portions with thermal treatment system instrument holder
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsBruce Heymann, Ray Tsang, Durward I. Faries, Jr.
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Abstract
A thermal treatment system for thermally treating objects includes a housing including a top surface, a basin recessed into the top surface and configured to contain a liquid medium, where the liquid medium thermally treats objects placed within the liquid medium, and a ramp structure disposed on the top surface of the housing. The ramp structure is configured to support at least one object such that a first end portion of the object is disposed within the liquid medium while a second end portion of the object is supported by the ramp structure outside of the liquid medium.
Claims31
A thermal treatment system for thermally treating objects comprising:
- a housing including a top surface;
- a basin recessed into the top surface and configured to contain a liquid medium, wherein the liquid medium thermally treats objects placed within the liquid medium;
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- a ramp structure disposed on the top surface of the housing, the ramp structure being configured to support at least one object such that a first end portion of the object is disposed within the liquid medium while a second end portion of the object is supported by the ramp structure outside of the liquid medium.
A surgical drape kit for use in a thermal treatment system including a housing with a top surface and a basin recessed within the housing top surface to contain and thermally treat a liquid medium, the drape kit comprising:
- a drape suitably dimensioned to cover and hang down from the top surface of the housing, the drape being disposed within and conforming to the basin to form a drape receptacle;
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- a ramp structure configured to be secured on the top surface of the housing, the ramp structure being configured to support at least one object such that a first end portion of the object is disposed within the liquid medium while a second end portion of the object is supported by the ramp structure outside of the liquid medium.
In a thermal treatment system including a housing with a top surface, a basin recessed into the top surface and configured to contain a liquid medium, and a ramp structure disposed on the top surface of the housing, a method of selectively thermally treating objects comprising:
- receiving an object within the basin such that a first end portion of the object is disposed within the liquid medium while a second end portion of the object is supported by the ramp structure outside of the liquid medium;
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- thermally treating at least the first end portion of the object submerged within the liquid medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.