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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Paul T. Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Jenn-hann Wang, Northridge, CA (US);
Szu-min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Paul T. Jacobs, Bicknell, UT (US);
Jenn-Hann Wang, Northridge, CA (US);
Szu-Min Lin, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical device includes a cleaning chamber for receiving and cleaning the instrument with a cleaning liquid, a receiving well within the cleaning chamber, a removable soil standard receivable within the receiving well whereby to be exposed to the cleaning process within the cleaning chamber; and a soil detector coupled to the cleaning chamber and adapted to provide an indication of the amount of the soil on the soil standard while the soil standard is received within the receiving well.