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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lutz Beerstecher, Bensheim, DE;
Ralf Sutter, Weinheim, DE;
David Hruza, Bad Waldsee, DE;
Raimund Stetter-Alle, Ulm, DE;
Karl Trackl, Langenau, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 26 ; 422 27 ; 422 28 ; 422297 ; 422300 ; 134 941 ; 1341001 ;
Abstract
A method for cleaning medical instruments including dental instruments having internal channels and internal moving parts comprises cleaning the external surface and internal channels and parts by a jet of cold water followed by a jet of preheated water, then intensely after-cleaning and disinfecting followed by lubricating the moving parts, then sterilizing and drying and cooling.