Olympus Winter Ibe Gmbh

Michael Lengsfeld

Henning Thate

Benjamin Ottens

Christoph Delzer

Eugen Frick

A connecting device through which a gas can flow, for connecting a port of a surgical instrument to a reprocessing device for cleaning the surgical instrument, the connecting device including: a self-actuating valve with a swellable material body.

Device for testing the leakproofness of a surgical instrument, reprocessing device for reprocessing surgical instruments, and use of a swellable material body

A method for reprocessing a surgical instrument in a reprocessing apparatus, where the surgical instrument has at least one channel to be cleaned. The method including: connecting the surgical instrument to a compressed air hose for supplying compressed air to the at least one channel; supplying drying air to the compressed air hose to leak test the surgical instrument using the drying air, the drying air having less moisture content than the compressed air; and subsequent to the supplying of the drying air, reprocessing the surgical instrument using at least one cleaning liquid.

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Hamburg, Germany

Michael Lengsfeld