US 12,324,567 B2
Apparatus and method for cleaning a medical device
Gilbert T. Alemana, Lane Cove West (AU); Mathias Berg-Johansen, Lane Cove West (AU); Gavin Spargo, Lane Cove West (AU); Panagiotis Thrasou, Lane Cove West (AU); Madeleine Jane Clegg, Lane Cove West (AU); David Anthony Pidcock, Lane Cove West (AU); Mark Lewis Holloway, Lane Cove West (AU); Forough Khandan, Lane Cove West (AU); Mohsen Nabipoor, Lane Cove West (AU); and Alexander Galkin, Lane Cove West (AU)
Assigned to Saban Ventures Pty Limited, Macquarie Park (AU)
Appl. No. 17/285,892
Filed by SABAN VENTURES PTY LIMITED, Alexandria (AU)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/051127
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/077406, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018903910 (AU), filed on Oct. 16, 2018; and application No. 2019902732 (AU), filed on Jul. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0338070 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 1/12 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A61B 90/96 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 1/123 (2013.01) [A61B 1/125 (2013.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.02); A61B 90/96 (2016.02); A61B 2090/701 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0462 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for cleaning a medical device having one or more internal channels, said system including:
a unit housing a viscoelastic liquid; and
a cleaning apparatus fluidly connectable to said unit, said cleaning apparatus having at least one cleaning pump adapted to pump the viscoelastic liquid, wherein the at least one cleaning pump has individual flow control,
wherein the at least one cleaning pump is fluidly connectable to said one or more internal channels such that said viscoelastic liquid can be pumped through each of said one or more internal channels at a controlled flow rate thereby removing contaminants from said one or more internal channels.