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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:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Applicants:
James B. Johnsen, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hal J. Oien, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
James B. Johnsen, Beaverton, OR (US);
Hal J. Oien, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Jordco, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 13/16 (2006.01); A61C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A porous material for insertion cleaning of instruments is provided, such porous material including an at least partially open-cell foam body and a surface configured to enable an instrument having contaminants to be inserted into the body. The body may be configured to substantially grip the instrument to remove a substantial portion of the contaminants from the instrument.