Patent ID: 9084834
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A47F,A61L,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rack system for a sterilization cassette, said rack system comprising: at least a first pair of matching rails, the at least first pair of matching rails being opposing rails in that they are adapted to be mounted in a sterilization cassette housing in parallel opposing fashion, the at least first pair of matching opposing rails being substantially identical in shape and form, each of the matching opposing rails having a height, the at least first pair of matching opposing rails comprising a plurality of notches along a length of each rail, the plurality of notches extending a depth into the height of each rail, wherein along the length of each rail, from notch to notch of the plurality of notches, the notches alternate between a shallow notch and an immediately adjacent deep notch, a depth of the deep notch greater than and extending further into the height of a rail then a depth of the shallow notch, and wherein when the rails are assembled into the sterilization cassette housing, a shallow notch in one rail of the pair is orthogonally opposed to a deep notch in the other rail of the pair, whereby an instrument to be sterilized spanning the shallow notch in the one rail and the deep notch in the other rail is spaced from another instrument to be sterilized spanning an adjacent deep notch in the one rail and an adjacent shallow notch in the other rail to allow access to a handle of the instrument for removal from the sterilization cassette.