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Title:
ENDOSCOPE WASHING AND STERILIZATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF STERILIZING THE INTERNAL DUCTS OF ENDOSCOPE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008132281
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an endoscope washing and sterilization system that automatically recovers or drains the remaining liquid left within the water supply ducts therein in a short time without any separate treatment, and automatically sterilizes the interior of these ducts in a short time.

The system is characterized in that the mainframe 2 incorporates a feed water filter 17, a water feed duct 9 provided through an electromagnetic feed water valve 15, a liquid medicine duct 64, a circulation duct 20 provided through an electromagnetic channel valve 28, a channel duct 21, a sterilization duct 160 passing through the primary sides of channel duct 21 and water feed duct 9, a first drain port 55 provided at a washing/sterilization tank 4, a liquid medicine recovery duct 61, a drain duct 59 that passes through an external drain port and a first drain port 55, a switch valve 57, and a control part 70 provided with feed water duct sterilization programs and making the control of opening, closing or switching valves and driving pumps in accordance with a water feed duct sterilization program.


Inventors:
KOTANI KOJIRO
KUROSHIMA NAOSHI
Application Number:
JP2006322393A
Publication Date:
June 12, 2008
Filing Date:
November 29, 2006
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP
International Classes:
A61B1/12; A61L2/18; A61L2/24
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005287581A2005-10-20
JP2006239313A2006-09-14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Susumu Ito