Patent ID: 6990989

Claim:
An instrument treatment station for treating an array of instruments, comprising: a station body including a first and a second elongate and spaced channel walls, said first and second channel walls defining an instrument channel therebetween, said station body further defining an elongate drain channel in fluid communication with said instrument channel; said station body further defining a first source port in fluid communication with said instrument channel, said first source port delivering a fluid flow into said instrument channel for treating an instrument of said array therein; said station body further defines a first, a second and a third drain port in fluid communication between said instrument channel and said drain channel, wherein said first and second drain ports open into said instrument channel at locations to either side of said first source port; one of said first and second channel walls further defines a second source port in fluid communication with said instrument channel; and said second source port opens into said instrument channel at a location between said second and third drain ports.