Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope reprocessing method and endoscope reprocessor
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Application No.: US16744336Application Date: 2020-01-16
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Publication No.: US11540708B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Haruhiko Okamoto
- Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-165977 20170830
- Main IPC: A61B1/00
- IPC: A61B1/00 ; A61B1/12 ; A61B90/70 ; A61L2/18 ; A61L2/28

Abstract:
An endoscope reprocessing method includes: cleaning, disinfecting, or sterilizing an inside of a pipe line and an outer surface of an endoscope accommodated in a treatment tank; rinsing the outer surface of the endoscope with a rinsing liquid while filling the inside of the pipe line of the endoscope with gas; collecting a first sample from the rinsing liquid used for rinsing the outer surface of the endoscope; rinsing the inside of the pipe line of the endoscope with the rinsing liquid; and collecting a second sample from the rinsing liquid used for rinsing the inside of the pipe line of the endoscope.
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