Apparatus for cold disinfection of dental and medical instruments
OwnerRobert M. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for the cold disinfection of dental and medical instruments includes an envelope of water impervious material and a cold disinfection solution. The envelope may be deformable with a gauze liner bonded within it, and with the solution, or its components, in crushable capsules. In alternate embodiments, the envelope may have a gauze liner bonded to it and saturated with the solution, and the envelope sealed, or the envelope may contain the solution or its components in one or more capsules and with no gauze liner. A further embodiment provides a support for an instrument encased in a gauze sleeve and a reservoir having valved discharge nozzles directed towards the gauze-encased instrument.
Claims10
A device for disinfecting dental and medical objects, including instruments, comprising,
- an envelope of liquid impervious material, said envelope having an opening which permits the entry of an object into the envelope,
- a liquid absorbent liner located in said envelope, said liner having an opening which permits the entry of an object into the liner within said envelope, said absorbent liner facing inwardly and being exposed to make physical contact with an object placed within said liner,
- said liner being attached to the envelope near the opening of the liner retaining the liner in position relative to the envelope when an object is being inserted into the envelope,
- a cold disinfectant solution located in said envelope for impregnating said absorbent liner,
- said envelope and said liner being of flaccid material permitting their deformation and enabling said liner to conform to the outer surface of an object therewithin,
- said opening of said envelope being sealable to retain the object in the envelope and preventing the loss of said cold disinfectant solution from said envelope and impregnated liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.