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Medical container

US8757737B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 14, 2010
Grant dateJun 24, 2014
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/0318
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical cabinet for storage of flexible scopes is in the form of a housing having an inlet to allow air to pass into housing and an outlet to allow air to pass out of the housing, with a pump to pump air into the housing via the inlet, a vacuum to suck air from the housing through the outlet, and an outlet connector connected to the outlet and also connectable to a port of at least one of the scopes. The outlet connector includes a vacuum pole, which extends substantially to the height of the housing. A method of storing a flexible scope by pumping air into the flexible scope located in a housing and sucking air through the flexible scope located in the housing is also provided.

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