Surgical cleaning tool, system, and method

US10537402B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · US

Inventors

• Nilesh R. Vasan · Oklahoma City, US
• Michael Ryan Petri · Minheim, DE
• Andrew Stewart · Chanhassen, US
• Patrick Stevens · Indianapolis, US
• Rannyu Ngoran · Norman, US
• Jonathan Schick · Duncan, US
• Derrick Jones · Clarence, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 2015
• Grant date: Jan 21, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2018/0097
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A surgical cleaning tool and method of cleaning a surgical tool. The surgical cleaning tool includes a shaft, a handle and an end portion. The shaft has a distal end and a proximal end. The handle is attached to the distal end of the shaft The end portion is connected to the proximal end of the shaft, wherein the end portion has an outer surface, an inner cavity, an inner surface, at least one cleaning element connected to at least a portion of the inner surface, and an opening in a wall portion of the end portion, wherein the opening allows access to the cleaning element in the inner cavity of the end portion.