Medical container
AssigneeSmartline Machinery Pty Ltd
InventorWilliam Hugh Dawkins Smart
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Abstract
A medical cabinet for storage of flexible scopes is in the form of a housing having an inlet to allow air to pass into housing and an outlet to allow air to pass out of the housing, with a pump to pump air into the housing via the inlet, a vacuum to suck air from the housing through the outlet, and an outlet connector connected to the outlet and also connectable to a port of at least one of the scopes. The outlet connector includes a vacuum pole, which extends substantially to the height of the housing. A method of storing a flexible scope by pumping air into the flexible scope located in a housing and sucking air through the flexible scope located in the housing is also provided.
Claims20
A medical cabinet for storage of flexible scopes, the medical cabinet comprising:
- a housing having an inlet to allow air to pass into the housing and an outlet to allow air to pass out of the housing;
- a pump to pump air into the housing via the inlet;
- a vacuum to suck air from the housing through the outlet;
- and
- an outlet connector connected to the outlet and also connectable to a port of at least one of the scopes,
- wherein the outlet connector includes a vacuum pole, which extends substantially the height of the housing.
A housing for use as part of a medical container for the storage of flexible scopes, the housing comprising:
- an inlet to allow air to pass into the housing;
- an outlet to allow air to pass out of the housing;
- and
- an outlet connector connected to the outlet and also connectable to a port of at least one of the scopes,
- wherein the outlet connector includes a vacuum pole, which extends substantially the height of the housing.
A method of storing a flexible scope, the method including the steps of:
- connecting both ends of the flexible scope to an outlet connector in a housing;
- pumping air on to the flexible scope located in the housing;
- and
- sucking air through the flexible scope located in the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.