Sterilization apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11964067
APP PUB NO 20210060193A1
SERIAL NO

16965245

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The disclosure relates to a sterilization apparatus which uses thermal or non-thermal plasma to disinfect surgical scoping devices such as endoscopes, gastroscopes, laparoscopes and the like. Aspect of the disclosure provide: (i) an apparatus for sterilizing inside an instrument channel formed with an insertion tube of a surgical scoping device, (ii) a whole-device sterilization apparatus for treating the entire exterior surface of a surgical scoping device, and (iii) an apparatus for cleaning and sterilizing a distal end face of an insertion tube of a surgical scoping device.

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CREO MEDICAL LIMITEDCHEPSTOW MONMOUTHSHIRE NP16 5UH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bishop, John Chepstow, GB 46 497
Bryant, Morgan Chepstow, GB 3 0
Craven, Richard Chepstow, GB 31 274
Ebbutt, Julian Mark Chepstow, GB 19 4369
Hancock, Christopher Paul Bath, GB 156 1835
Swain, Sandra Chepstow, GB 9 17
Turner, Louis Chepstow, GB 38 75

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