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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Antonia Weis, Hamburg, DE;
Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A flow control unit for use with an endoscope reprocessing device, the flow control unit including: a main fluid supply line coupled to an inlet, the inlet receives processing fluid from a fluid source, at least one supply channel supplying the processing fluid to an internal channel of an endoscope, the at least one supply channel is coupled to the main fluid supply line, a dedicated switchable valve in the supply channel for opening the supply channel to pass the processing fluid through the supply channel or closing the supply channel to block the flow, and a processor for operating the switchable valve according to a reprocessing routine, and upon termination of the reprocessing routine, set the switchable valve to a safe switching state in which a flow rate through the main supply line is lower than a maximum flow rate through the main supply line.