Hands-free mechanical manipulation of duodenscope elevator during cleaning

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12070192
APP PUB NO 20230190086A1
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18109563

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An endoscope cleansing accessory is described for use with an automatic endoscope reprocessing (AER) apparatus which utilizes the motive force provided by a flowing cleansing fluid already within the AER to actuate an actuator wheel of the endoscope during the cleansing process. The movement or actuation of the actuator wheel during cleansing in turn imparts a back and forth motion to an elevator platform or forceps raiser within the endoscope to loosen tissue and other particles that are then flushed out by the flowing cleansing fluid.

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MEDIVATORS INC14605 28TH AVENUE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS MN 55447

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Eibs, Thomas Edward Minnetonka, US 2 2

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