Automated endoscope reprocessor connection integrity testing
CA 2452955 C · Owner: Nguyen, Nick Ngoc · Inventors: Ellis, Cindy L.; Williams, Hal; Nguyen, Nick Ngoc
Overview
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A method detects proper connection of fixtures to one or more channels in an endoscope during a cleaning or disinfection procedure. The endoscope has a first opening into one of its channels. The method includes the steps of placing the endoscope at the first opening in a liquid while leaving a gas within the channel drawing a vacuum on the gas through a second opening into the channel and thereby drawing some of the liquid into the channel and detecting for air leaking into the channel.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 12, 2003 and granted February 7, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 12, 2025.
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