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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 01, 2019
Applicant:

Medivators Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Huyen Bui, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);

Tuan Nguyen, Chaska, MN (US);

Mer Win Cheong, Pomezia, IT;

Kristopher Murphy, New Brighton, MN (US);

Nicholas G. Bromiley, Annandale, MN (US);

Joseph G. Johnnie, Pearland, TX (US);

Jing Yu, Pasadena, CA (US);

Assignee:

Medivators Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/72 (2006.01); C11D 1/722 (2006.01); C11D 3/00 (2006.01); C11D 3/04 (2006.01); C11D 3/06 (2006.01); C11D 3/20 (2006.01); C11D 3/33 (2006.01); C11D 3/43 (2006.01); C11D 3/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D 1/72 (2013.01); C11D 1/722 (2013.01); C11D 3/0026 (2013.01); C11D 3/0047 (2013.01); C11D 3/0073 (2013.01); C11D 3/044 (2013.01); C11D 3/06 (2013.01); C11D 3/2041 (2013.01); C11D 3/2072 (2013.01); C11D 3/2096 (2013.01); C11D 3/33 (2013.01); C11D 3/48 (2013.01); C11D 2111/20 (2024.01); C11D 2111/46 (2024.01);
Abstract

This disclosure describes a composition which can provide real-time feedback during medical device cleaning or reprocessing. The composition can be used to monitor the amount of biological material cleaned from medical devices and to determine when cleaning is complete. The disclosure also relates to a method of cleaning, or assessing the cleanliness of, a medical device such as an endoscope. Cleanliness can be assessed by contacting the medical device with the composition, shining an excitation light on the composition, and measuring intensity of resulting fluorescence over time.


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