Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 内窥镜清洗/消毒装置
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Application No.: US14333913Application Date: 2014-07-17
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Publication No.: US09204936B2Publication Date: 2015-12-08
- Inventor: Shinichiro Kawachi
- Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2013-025873 20130213
- Main IPC: A61B19/00
- IPC: A61B19/00 ; A61B1/12

Abstract:
An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus has a cleaning tank in which an endoscope is disposed, a chemical tank that stores a chemical solution, a water supply connecting portion that is connectable to a water service pipe, an endoscope cleaning/disinfecting section having a first conduit that connects the cleaning tank and the chemical tank, and a second conduit that connects the cleaning tank and the water supply connecting portion, an operation panel that is a water information input section to which hardness information of water that is supplied from the water service pipe is inputted, a memory that is a history information retaining section that retains cleaning history information of the endoscope cleaning/disinfecting section, and a control section that is a determination section that determines necessity or nonnecessity of scale removal of the endoscope cleaning/disinfecting section based on the hardness information and the cleaning history information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140326282A1 ENDOSCOPE CLEANING/DISINFECTING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-11-06
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