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US 2020/0368379 A1Published application
Medical probe disinfectant system
AssigneeCIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc.
InventorYash Agarwal
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Abstract
A medical probe disinfecting and sterilizing system for disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical devices may include a chamber for cleaning the probe by exposure to ultraviolet light and to a misted disinfectant chemical. The disinfectant may be misted by one or more ultrasonic transducers.
Claims20
A system for disinfecting or sterilizing a medical device comprising:
- a disinfecting chamber configured to house a probe;
- one or more ultraviolet light sources located inside said disinfecting chamber with reflective panels;
- one or more ultrasonic misting transducers with fans to generate and circulate a disinfectant chemical mist;
- and
- a pump for providing the chemical to said ultrasonic misting transducers.
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A method of disinfection or sterilization of a medical device comprising:
- providing a source of ultraviolet light;
- providing a disinfectant chemical;
- creating a micron-sized mist of said disinfectant chemical;
- and
- simultaneously or sequentially exposing, within a chamber, the medical device to said UV light and said micron-sized mist of disinfectant chemical.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.