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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroaki Yamamoto, Yao, JP;
Kohichi Tamura, Yao, JP;
Yohichi Furukawa, Yao, JP;
Tomoyuki Kanzaki, Yao, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/12 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/12 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); B08B 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a washing device and a washing method that can remove burnt body fluid adhered to a medical instrument. The washing device can remove the burned component which adhered to a tip end portion of a surgical instrument by applying a physical force caused by the pressure of cleaning agent-dissolved water ejected from a cleaning nozzle member in addition to a chemical force caused by a cleaning agent contained in the cleaning agent-dissolved water.