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US 11,076,754 B2Granted
Electronic endoscope cleaner sheath
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc.
InventorChristopher A. Cook
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Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a distal tip of an endoscope includes a driver configured to be mounted over a shaft of the endoscope, the driver adapted for generating transverse waves along a length of the shaft. The apparatus may be provided as a retrofit to existing equipment, or as a feature of new equipment. Methods of operation are disclosed.
Claims10
Apparatus for cleaning a distal tip of an endoscope, the apparatus comprising:
- a shaft of the endoscope;
- and
- a driver configured to be mounted in contact with the shaft of the endoscope, where the driver is configured to generate transverse waves along a length of the shaft such that the transverse waves cause a physical transverse movement proximate the distal tip of the endoscope to effect a physical cleaning of the distal tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.