Patent ID: 8074815

Claim:
An operating room rack system for holding surgical instruments comprising: a rack assembly comprising a base; at least one vertical support sub-assembly mechanically connected to said base and extending upwardly from said base, and a first set of arm(s) comprising at least three arm, with the first set of arm(s) extending from said vertical support sub-assembly wherein each arm of the first set of arms defines an interior space; and each arm of the first set of arm(s) comprises mounting hardware shaped and sized to accommodate a light source within its respective interior space; a first light source secured by said mounting hardware, wherein said first light source irradiates at least UV wavelength radiation with sufficient intensity to inhibit bacterial growth on surgical instruments; a rack support brace mechanically connected to said vertical support sub-assembly, with said first set of arm(s) being mechanically connected to said rack support brace, and said rack support brace being rotatable about a substantially horizontal rotation axis between at least an up position where said first set of arm(s) extend in a substantially horizontal direction and a down position where said first set of arm(s) extend in a substantially vertical direction; and a first tray unit adapted to be detachably attachable to said first set of arm(s) and adapted so that so that when said first tray unit is detachably attached to said first set of arm(s), said first tray unit will remain in a sterile condition even when said first set of arms is not maintained in a sterile condition; wherein the first tray unit defines a first set of recess(es) with the first set of recesses being sized, shaped, structured and/or located to engage with the first set of arm(s) wherein the first tray unit comprises an upper tray top member and a lower tray top member; the first set of recess(es) is defined in the lower tray top member; and each arm of the first set of arm(s) is sized, shaped, located and/or structured to be respectively inserted between a recess of the first set of recess(es) and the upper tray top member to form the detachable attachment between the first tray unit and the first set of arm(s).