Vertical decontamination bath for fibrescopes

Claim 1

A decontamination bath and support assembly for fibrescopes of the type having a light source tube, a control section and an insertion tube, wherein the bath and support assembly comprises a light source tube support bracket having a round top portion of greater radius of curvature than that to which a light source tube can be bent without damage; a control section support bracket; a straight, rigid, and hollow bath tube adapted to contain a sterilization solution wherein said bath tube has an open top end and a sealed bottom end; an upper bath tube support bracket; a lower bath tube support bracket; and means for supporting said control section bracket, said upper bath tube bracket and said lower bath tube bracket in vertically spaced-apart and vertically-aligned relation for removably supporting said bath tube between said upper and lower bath tube brackets, said light source tube bracket being supported on said support means in horizontally-spaced relation from said control section support bracket whereby a fibrescope may be supported thereon with a light source tube thereof supported on said light source tube bracket, the fibrescope control section supported on top of said control section bracket, and the fibrescope insertion tube inserted within said bath tube.