# US 7,608,229 B2 · Endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,608,229 B2 - Document ID: US7608229B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/716,408 - Filed: 2007-03-08 - Published: 2008-05-22 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2006-11-17 - Assignees: Olympus Medical Systems Corp. - Inventors: Kojiro Kotani; Hitoshi Hasegawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7608229B2 ## CPC - A61L 2/18: Liquid substances - A61L 2/24: Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation - A61L 2103/15: Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps - A61L 2202/122: Chambers for sterilisation - A61L 2202/14: Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs - A61L 2202/16: Mobile applications, e.g. portable devices, trailers, devices mounted on vehicles - A61L 2202/17: Combination with washing or cleaning means - Y10S 215/90: Collapsible wall structure - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract An endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus of the present invention includes: a bottle body, including, a rigid portion with a mouth portion, and a deformable portion which is in a first shape while the disinfectant being stored therein and is deformable from the first shape to a second shape upon being compressed when the disinfectant is discharged therefrom; and a disinfectant tray having a housing section which can be pulled out of the apparatus body and into which the bottle body is housed, the disinfectant tray being provided with a housing space for a first slide member which allows the housing section to slide relative to the apparatus body and a housing space for a second slide member which is slidable relative to the first slide member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus, comprising: a bottle body, including, a rigid portion with a mouth portion, and a deformable portion which is in a first shape while the disinfectant being stored therein and is deformable from the first shape to a second shape upon being compressed when the disinfectant is discharged therefrom; and an apparatus body, including a disinfectant tray which can be pulled out of the apparatus body, including, a housing section into which the bottle body is housed, having a first slide member having a first housing space that allows the housing section to slide relative to the apparatus body, and a second slide member having a second housing space that is slidable relative to the first slide member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the disinfectant tray has switching means for switching between a state in which the second slide member is slidable relative to the first slide member and a state in which the second slide member and first slide member are integrally slidable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus according to claim 1, further including: a pair of engaging sections formed in the first housing space of the first slide member which constitutes the housing section; and a pair of retaining grooves formed in the rigid portion of the bottle body and configured so that the pair of retaining grooves are arranged to the engaging sections formed in the first housing space of the first slide member which constitutes the housing section, whereby the volume of the bottle body can be set by adjusting the length of the deformable portion of the bottle body in its longitudinal direction. ### Claim 4 An endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus, comprising: a bottle body, including, a rigid portion and a mouth portion and a deformable portion which is in a first shape while the disinfectant is stored therein and is deformable from the first shape to a second shape upon being compressed when the disinfectant is discharged therefrom, wherein the deformable portion further includes a thin-walled portion at the bottom thereof; an air vent cap, mounted to the bottom of the deformable portion, wherein the air vent cap allows air into the bottle body, the air vent cap including, a first filter which prevents leakage of the disinfectant and a second filter which prevents leakage of the smell of the disinfectant; and an apparatus body, including, a feeding port with an opening to which the mouth portion of the bottle body is mounted, having a holding section for holding the mouth portion of the bottle body and a connecting section for connecting one end of a chemical conduit which supplies the disinfectant to a chemical tank, the opening being positioned in an upper surface of the apparatus body adjacent to an endoscope housing port. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The endoscope cleaning and disinfecting apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a cylinder-shaped protecting member which prevents the deformable portion of the bottle body which is held by the holding section of the feeding port from being deformed under pressure.