Stryker Sustainability Solutions, Inc.

Jose Vasquez

Brian H Thomas

Dan Peterson

Jody Berkey

Dan Fowler

Luis Diaz

Ed Cantey

Miguel J Gonzalez

An apparatus for cleaning an instrument with a cleaning fluid includes a vessel defining a chamber and a port for at least partially filling the chamber with the fluid. The apparatus further includes an ultrasonic transducer for delivering ultrasonic energy to the fluid, and a vacuum pump for depressurizing the chamber. The apparatus further includes a rotatable device removably disposable in the chamber and having a rack defining a cavity for supporting the instrument. The rotatable device also has a fluid delivery member extending toward the cavity and having a fluid channel between an inlet and an outlet. The apparatus further includes a fluid transmission system in fluid communication with the chamber and the fluid channel of the fluid delivery member for circulating the fluid from the chamber through the fluid channel of the fluid delivery member. A method of cleaning an instrument is also provided.

Apparatus and method for cleaning an instrument

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Tampa, FL, United States of America

Jose Vasquez