Apparatus and method for collecting reusable material and cleaning surgical instruments
AssigneeMighty Oak Medical, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Frey, Benjamin Majors, Charles O'Neil, Geoff Lai, Russ Rydin
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Abstract
A system and method for cleaning instruments, which provides removal and collection of material from one or more surgical instruments. The cleaning apparatus may be a dry cleaning process or offered in conjunction with one or more fluids. In one embodiment, the cleaning apparatus continuously purges blood, bone and other debris quickly and may comprise a system for removing reusable material from the cleaning process for reuse.
Claims20
A device for cleaning a medical instrument or tool, comprising:
- a housing including an entry valve communicating with an internal chamber of the housing;
- a cartridge received within the housing, a portion of an exterior surface of the cartridge moveably interconnected to a portion of an interior surface of the housing, wherein the cartridge is configured to move within the housing between a first position and a second position, and wherein the cartridge is configured to rotate relative to the housing;
- a plurality of brushes received within the cartridge;
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- a biasing member coupled to the cartridge and contained within the housing, wherein the biasing member biases the cartridge to the first position.
A device for cleaning a medical instrument or tool, comprising:
- a housing comprising a substantially hollow void within the housing;
- a cleaning cartridge selectively received within the hollow void;
- at least one brush adapted to be received within the cleaning cartridge;
- a biasing member, wherein the biasing member biases the cleaning cartridge towards a first position within the hollow void of the housing;
- wherein the cleaning cartridge is adapted to be moved from the first position to a second position within the hollow void of the housing through application of pressure applied by a distal end of the medical instrument inserted into the device;
- wherein the biasing member biases the cleaning cartridge to return to the first position once the application of pressure is removed;
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- wherein at least one of the movement of the cleaning cartridge from the first position to the second position or the movement of the cleaning cartridge from the second position to the first position causes the cleaning cartridge to rotate relative to the housing.
A device for cleaning a medical instrument, comprising:
- a housing adapted to hold a liquid;
- an entry valve, the entry valve comprising a funnel having an opening therethrough, the opening in communication with an interior of the housing;
- a mixing device received within the housing, wherein the mixing device is configured to rotate within the housing to agitate the liquid when the medical instrument is inserted at least partially through the opening of the entry valve;
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- a filter received within the housing and in communication with the entry valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.