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US 10,499,800 B2Granted
Endoscope reprocesssor
AssigneesOlympus Corporation, HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd.
InventorsHideto Onishi, Hiromasa Akahori, Yumiko Awau, Akihisa Ogawa, Shintaro Suzuki, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Satoko Kai
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Abstract
An endoscope reprocessor includes a concentration sensor including a concave section in which a sensing section is housed and a permeable membrane configured to cover the concave section, a medicinal solution tank, to an inside of which at least the permeable membrane is exposed and on the inside of which a disinfection solution is stored, and a heating section configured to heat at least the permeable membrane.
Claims7
An endoscope reprocessor comprising:
- a concave housing;
- a concentration sensor disposed in the concave housing, the concentration sensor being configured to detect a fluid concentration in the concave housing;
- a permeable membrane configured to cover the concave housing;
- a medicinal solution tank, at least the permeable membrane being exposed to an inside of the medicinal solution tank and a medicinal solution being stored in the inside of the medicinal solution tank;
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- a heater configured to heat at least the permeable membrane.
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