Characterizing channel cleaning efficacy

Abstract

Presented herein are techniques for cleaning the interior/internal lumens (e.g., channels, cylinders, valve sockets and connectors, etc.) of an apparatus, such as a medical device (medical instrument), using contaminant-detaching fluidic compositions. In particular, the techniques presented herein introduce an apportioned amount of a contaminant-detaching fluidic composition into an interior lumen of a medical device. The contaminant-detaching fluidic composition is configured, and propelled through at least a portion of the interior lumen device, so that the contaminant-detaching fluidic composition can clean the walls of the interior lumen (e.g., interact with the walls of interior lumen to remove contaminants there from).

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