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Device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices

US5251356A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 1992
Grant dateOct 12, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2025/0019
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for cleaning pipe passages of medical devices comprises a brush having an elongated rod portion and a brush portion, a mechanism for holding and rotating the brush, a mechanism for reciprocating the brush in the pipe passage along the longitudinal axis of the brush, and a unit for controlling the rotation of the brush as well as the reciprocation of the brush in the longitudinal direction thereof.

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