Apparatus for sterilizing an instrument channel of a surgical scoping device

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PATENT NO 10434207
APP PUB NO 20180318459A1
SERIAL NO

15971842

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Sterilization apparatus comprising a sterilization instrument configured to be inserted through the instrument channel of a surgical scoping device and a withdrawal device for withdrawing the sterilization instrument from the instrument channel at a predetermined rate. The sterilization instrument comprises an elongate probe having a probe tip with a first electrode and a second electrode arranged to produce an electric field from received RF and/or microwave frequency EM energy. In operation the instrument may disinfect an inner surface of the instrument channel by emitting energy while being withdrawn through the channel.

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  • CREO MEDICAL LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bishop, John Monmouthshire, GB 39 477
Burn, Patrick Monmouthshire, GB 31 53
Ebbutt, Mark Glewstone, GB 1 13
Hancock, Christopher Paul Bath, GB 140 1578
Meadowcroft, Simon Chippenham, GB 30 181
Swain, Sandra Stevenage, GB 8 13
Turner, Louis Monmouthshire, GB 36 53
Ullrich, George Christian Gwynedd, GB 12 68
Webb, David Edward Gwynedd, GB 12 68

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