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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Creo Medical Limited, Chepstow, GB;
Christopher Paul Hancock, Bath, GB;
Louis Turner, Monmouthshire, GB;
Patrick Burn, Monmouthshire, GB;
Sandra Swain, Stevenage, GB;
Mark Ebbutt, Glewstone, GB;
Simon Meadowcroft, Chippenham, GB;
George Christian Ullrich, Gwynedd, GB;
David Edward Webb, Gwynedd, GB;
John Bishop, Monmouthshire, GB;
CREO MEDICAL LIMITED, Chepstow, GB;
Abstract
Sterilization apparatus comprising a sterilization instrument configured to be inserted through the instrument channel of a surgical scoping device and a withdrawal device for withdrawing the sterilization instrument from the instrument channel at a predetermined rate. The sterilization instrument comprises an elongate probe having a probe tip with a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to produce an electric field from received RF and/or microwave frequency EM energy. In operation the instrument may disinfect an inner surface of the instrument channel by emitting energy while being withdrawn through the channel.