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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:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene A DeCastro, Jamestown, NY (US);
Assignee:
Cybersonics, Inc., Jamestown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600157 ; 600153 ; 604267 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for ultrasonically cleaning the interior of a flexible, elongate, tubular medical instrument, such as an endoscope, laparoscope, or the like involves the generation of both longitudinal and transverse ultrasonic waves in a fluid medium within the interior channel or lumen of the instrument. The ultrasonic waves are generated within the instrument by a flexible wire resonator coupled to and responsive to an ultrasonic transducer and generator.