US 12,414,839 B2
Tonometer disinfection systems, methods, and devices
Andrew Peter Davis, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Andrew Peter Davis, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,195.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,884, filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/249,570, filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100124 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 90/70 (2016.01); A61B 3/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/70 (2016.02) [A61B 3/16 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a plurality of tonometer probes, comprising:
a housing configured to support first and second compartments, the housing comprising:
a first compartment for holding contaminated tonometer probes, wherein
the first compartment has an input port and is configured to hold a first cylindrical cartridge that has a central axis and that holds a first plurality of tubes circularly arranged about the central axis of the cartridge, each tube having an open end that points upward to receive tonometer probes, and
the first cartridge is configured to rotate about the central axis such that each of the tubes can be aligned with the input port to receive a contaminated probe from the tonometer; and
a second compartment for holding disinfected tonometer probes, wherein
the second compartment has an output port and is configured to hold a second cylindrical cartridge that has a central axis and that holds a second plurality of tubes circularly arranged about the central axis of the cartridge, each tube having an open end that points downward to dispense clean disinfected tonometer probes, and
the second cartridge is configured to rotate about the central axis such that each of the tubes can be aligned with the output port to dispense a disinfected probe to the tonometer.