Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Process disinfecting – preserving – deodorizing – or sterilizing – Using disinfecting or sterilizing substance
Patent
1997-06-25
1999-01-12
Thornton, Krisanne
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Process disinfecting, preserving, deodorizing, or sterilizing
Using disinfecting or sterilizing substance
134 93, 134 951, 137268, 422 33, 422292, 422300, A61L 200
Patent
active
058583050
ABSTRACT:
A decontamination apparatus for medical devices includes a decontamination basin (14a, 14b) with a selectively opened and closed cover member (16a, 16b) to provide selective access to the basin (14a, 14b). A mixing chamber assembly (80) selectively dispenses detergent concentrate and decontaminant concentrate into a liquid to form a liquid cleaning solution or a liquid decontaminant solution, respectively. A source of decontaminated rinse liquid, such as a microbe removal filter (54), is in selective fluid communication with the basin (14a, 14b). A source of anti-microbial liquid is in selective fluid communication with the microbe removal filter (54) and rinse liquid flow paths (58) between the microbe removal filter and the basin for decontaminating the filter (54) and the rinse lines (58). Each channel of a medical device (E) being decontaminated is connected to a channel flush line (30) and a channel pump (32) for flushing the channels of the device (E). A pressure sensor (42) is in communication with each flush line (30) to sense a blockage in the channels of the medical device (E). The channel pumps (32) pump liquid or decontaminated air through the device channels. A leak test system is also provided for testing the integrity of an outer sheath of a medical device (E) such as an endoscope.
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"Technical Documentation: Cleaning and Disinfection System for Endoscopes", by Wassenburg & Co. b.v. (Jan. 2, 1997). Drawings only.
Steris Corporation
Thornton Krisanne
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