Apparatus for the hygienic preparation of medical instruments

US5571488A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Lutz Beerstecher · Borex, CH
• Ralf Sutter · Weinheim, DE
• David Hruza · Bad Waldsee, DE
• Raimund Stetter-Alle · Ulm, DE
• Karl Trackl · Langenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 13, 1994
• Grant date: Nov 5, 1996
• Expiry date: Jul 13, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2/07
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for cleaning medical instruments including dental instruments having internal channels and internal moving parts comprises cleaning the external surface and internal channels and parts by a jet of cold water followed by a jet of preheated water, then intensely after-cleaning and disinfecting followed by lubricating the moving parts, then sterilizing and drying and cooling.