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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Sterilmed, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventor:
Jason Hill, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
Sterilmed, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/70 (2016.01); B08B 9/04 (2006.01); G01N 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/70 (2016.02); B08B 9/04 (2013.01); G01N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61B 2090/702 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0019 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0266 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); B08B 2209/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lumen inspection device includes an elongate member and a sealing member at a distal end of the elongate member. The elongate member is inserted into a lumen of a medical instrument. The lumen inspection device is translated along the lumen. The sealing member resiliently bears against a sidewall of the lumen as the lumen inspection device is translated along the lumen of the medical instrument. A pressure source is activated to pressurize a region of the lumen adjacent to the sealing member. A fluid property of the lumen is monitored to detect whether the sealing member deforms in response to an obstruction in the lumen.