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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Martin W. Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Thomas William Granzow, Plainwell, MI (US);
Michael Nellenbach, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 5/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/00 (2013.01); B08B 3/026 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/17 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cleaning system includes a housing with a reservoir for holding waste, with the reservoir in fluid communication with a suction line, a pumping station for receiving waste from the reservoir, and a cleaning component for cleaning one or more surfaces on the housing or the station either automatically or based on an actuation signal input by a user.