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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Pukyong National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation, Busan, KR;
Inventors:
Hyun Wook Kang, Busan, KR;
Don Haeng Lee, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/16 (2006.01); A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61L 2/18 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61B 1/122 (2013.01); A61B 1/125 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61L 2/085 (2013.01); A61L 2/16 (2013.01); A61L 2/186 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for sterilizing an internal channel surface of an endoscope, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for sterilizing an internal channel surface of an endoscope, in which ultrasonic and infrared rays are irradiated to an internal channel of the endoscope to partially or entirely sterilize and removing a biofilm generated on the internal channel surface of the endoscope during a procedure or diagnosis.