Systems and methods for enforcing cleaning of a medical device
US11801117B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/041
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for enforcing a cleaning of a medical device are disclosed. A method includes receiving an indication that a medical device has been exposed to a contaminate, providing, responsive to receiving the indication, an instruction to disable the medical device, receiving, after transmitting the instruction, cleaning information indicating that a cleaning of the medical device was attempted, identifying a predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, determining, based on the cleaning information, that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure corresponding to the medical device and the contaminate, and enabling the medical device responsive to determining that the medical device was cleaned according to the predetermined cleaning procedure.
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