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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/125 (2013.01); A61B 1/00057 (2013.01); A61B 1/123 (2013.01); A61L 2/18 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); B08B 3/04 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.