Devices, systems and methods for cleaning of elongated instrument surface

US11058291B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System · US
• ASCENSION TEXAS · US

Inventors

• Christopher Rylander · Blacksburg, US
• Christopher Robert Idelson · Austin, US
• John UECKER · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 27, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Jul 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2090/701
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for cleaning a surface of as elongated instrument held within a cavity. In particular embodiments of the device, a longitudinal wire member extends along an elongated instrument (e.g. a laparoscope) and a rotatable transverse member removes matter from a surface of the instrument (e.g. a lens).