Thermal Treatment System Instrument Rack and Method of Selectively Thermally Treating Medical Instrument Portions
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Abstract
A system according to the present invention includes a cabinet, a basin positioned within the cabinet to contain and thermally treat a liquid bath, and a support assembly that stabilizes a surgical scope. The support assembly may include a first support that elevates scope optics above the liquid bath within the basin, and a second support that positions the shaft of the scope within the liquid bath, but above the floor and away from the walls of the basin. The scope optics resides outside of the bath in a dry state, while the remaining scope portions are positioned within the bath so the portions can be thermally treated. The support assembly enables a user to warm selected portions of the scope, while protecting the scope, the basin, and/or a drape lining the basin from damage caused when the scope contacts the basin.
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65 Claims
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34. A thermal treatment system for thermally treating an object including a medical instrument comprising:
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a housing including a top surface; a basin recessed into said top surface and configured to contain a sterile medium, wherein said basin comprises a floor; a thermal unit to thermally treat said basin and said sterile medium; a first support disposed to rest at least partially on the housing top surface and having a portion defining at least one receptacle within said basin to support the object, wherein the at least one receptacle is positioned at least partially above said sterile medium at a first elevation relative to said basin floor; and a second support disposed within said basin at least partially below the surface of the sterile medium at a second elevation relative to said basin floor that is lower than said first elevation, wherein the first support and second support are configured to support the object including the medical instrument within the basin at an inclined angle relative to said basin floor such that a portion of the object is elevated above the surface of the sterile medium to maintain that portion in a dry state. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. In a thermal treatment system including a housing with a top surface, a basin recessed into said top surface including a floor and configured to contain a sterile medium, a first support disposed to rest at least partially on the housing top surface and having a portion defining at least one receptacle positioned within said basin and above said sterile medium, a second support disposed within said basin and at least partially below the surface of the sterile medium, a method of selectively thermally treating medical instrument portions comprising:
(a) receiving an object including a medical instrument within said basin with a first portion of said object supported by the at least one receptacle of the first support and a second portion of the object supported by the second support, and elevating the first portion of said object above the sterile medium at a first elevation relative to the basin floor, via the first support, to maintain the supported portion in a dry state and elevating the second portion of the object above the floor of the basin at a second elevation relative to the basin floor lower than said first elevation, via said second support, to thermally treat the second portion via the sterile medium, wherein the object is supported within the basin at an inclined angle relative to the basin floor. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56)
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57. A surgical drape 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 sterile medium, the basin including a floor, said drape comprising:
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a drape adapted 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; a first support disposed to rest at least partially on the housing top surface and within the drape receptacle at a first elevation relative to said basin floor and having a portion defining at least one receptacle configured to removably receive and support a first portion of an object including a medical instrument above the surface of the sterile medium to maintain the first object portion in a dry state; and a second support disposed within the drape receptacle at a second elevation relative to said basin floor that is lower than said first elevation and configured to support a second portion of the object below the surface of the sterile medium and above the floor of the basin, wherein the first support and second support are further configured to support the object including the medical instrument within the basin at an inclined angle relative to said basin floor. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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