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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Smart Medical Systems Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SMART Medical Systems Ltd., Ra'anana, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/31 (2006.01); G01M 3/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/123 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/00119 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/125 (2013.01); A61B 1/31 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); G01M 3/3272 (2013.01); A61B 1/00059 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for reprocessing a balloon endoscope, the method including the steps of deflating a balloon of a balloon endoscope to a negative pressure state following clinical use thereof and thereafter maintaining the interior of the balloon in a negative pressure state during at least part of reprocessing the balloon endoscope.