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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Medivators Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Edward Eibs, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medivators, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); F16H 1/06 (2006.01); F16H 21/16 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/123 (2013.01); A61B 1/00133 (2013.01); B08B 3/041 (2013.01); F16H 1/06 (2013.01); F16H 21/16 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02);
Abstract
An endoscope cleansing accessory is described for use with an automatic endoscope reprocessing (AER) apparatus which utilizes the motive force provided by a flowing cleansing fluid already within the AER to actuate an actuator wheel of the endoscope during the cleansing process. The movement or actuation of the actuator wheel during cleansing in turn imparts a back and forth motion to an elevator platform or forceps raiser within the endoscope to loosen tissue and other particles that are then flushed out by the flowing cleansing fluid.