Saban Ventures Pty Limited

Alexander Galkin

Brian Hingley

David Anthony Pidcock

Gavin Spargo

Madeleine Jane Clegg

Stefan Gebhardt

Forough Khandan

Ashwin Gopalan Nair

Gilbert T Alemana

Mark Lewis Holloway

Joshua Storm Caley

Mohsen Nabipoor

Mathias Berg-johansen

Panagiotis Thrasou

Described herein is a cleaning apparatus () for a medical device () having one or more internal channels. Further described is a method for cleaning the medical device using the cleaning apparatus. The cleaning apparatus includes at least two cleaning pumps () adapted to pump a viscoelastic liquid (), each cleaning pump having individual flow control. Each cleaning pump is also fluidly connectable to one or more of the internal channels to allow the viscoelastic liquid to be pumped therethrough thereby removing contaminants.

Apparatus and method for cleaning a medical device

The invention relates to compositions and methods for reducing biocontaminant (for example flesh, blood, mucous, faeces or biofilm) on a surface, such as an endoscope surface. The compositions are viscoelastic and of low lubricity, having the following properties at 21° C.: a rotational yield point between 140% strain and 300% strain; a peak viscosity between 550 Pa·s and 2000 Pa·s; an oscillatory flow point between 250 and 700% strain; and a coefficient of friction μ which has a maximum value (preferably 0.06 or greater) in the viscoelastic liquid's elastohydrodynamic region.

Endoscope cleaning with viscoelastic liquid

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Alexander Galkin