IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,027,574
Granted Patent B2
US 9,027,574 · App. 14/187,433 · Granted May 12, 2015

Cleaning/disinfecting apparatus

Inventors: Aiko Kosugi (Sagamihara, JP); Michifumi Yoshie (Hino, JP); Akihisa Ogawa (Hachioji, JP); Masahiko Tomita (Hachioji, JP); Yoshitomo Yaguchi (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
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Patent No.
US 9,027,574
App. No.
14/187,433
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a plurality of attachment portions for attaching an endoscope; a cleaning/disinfecting portion that communicates with the plurality of attachment portions and can execute different types of cleaning/disinfection menus for the respective attachment portions; and an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the endoscope. Also, the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a control portion that determines a cleaning/disinfection menu based on the read endoscope information and outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying an attachment portion for executing the determined cleaning/disinfection menu; and a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion.

Claims (27)

1. A cleaning/disinfecting apparatus comprising:

a first attachment portion for attaching to a first internal conduit to be cleaned/disinfected in a first endoscope;

a second attachment portion for attaching to a second internal conduit to be cleaned/disinfected in either the first endoscope or in a second endoscope;

a cleaning/disinfecting portion that communicates with the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion, and can execute different types of cleaning/disinfection menus for the respective first and second attachment portions simultaneously, corresponding to different cleaning/disinfecting requirements for the first and second internal conduits to be cleaned/disinfected;

a first conduit that connects the first attachment portion and the cleaning/disinfecting portion;

a first solenoid valve provided in the first conduit;

a second conduit that connects the second attachment portion and the cleaning/disinfecting portion;

a second solenoid valve provided in the second conduit;

an endoscope information reading portion that reads endoscope information from the first and/or second endoscopes to be cleaned/disinfected; and

a control portion configured to:

determine a cleaning/disinfection menu from among the cleaning/disinfection menus based on the endoscope information for each of the first and second internal conduits to be cleaned/disinfected, and

control the first solenoid valve and the second solenoid valve such that the determined cleaning/disinfection menu for each of the first and second internal conduits to be cleaned/disinfected can be executed simultaneously.

2. The cleaning/disinfecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control portion outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying an attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions for executing the determined cleaning/disinfection menu for each of the first and second internal conduits;

the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus further comprises a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion,

the notifying portion is a display, and

the display displays a name or a position of the assigned attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions.

3. The cleaning/disinfecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control portion outputs attachment portion identifying information for identifying an attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions for executing the determined cleaning/disinfection menu for each of the first and second internal conduits,

the cleaning/disinfecting apparatus further comprising a notifying portion that notifies the attachment portion identifying information outputted from the control portion,

the notifying portion is a lighting portion installed in each of the first and second attachment portions, and

only the lighting portion installed in the assigned attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions illuminates or blinks.

4. The cleaning/disinfecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the control portion identifies an attachment portion among the first and second attachment portions for executing the determined cleaning/disinfection menu for each of the first and second internal conduits,

the cleaning/disinfection apparatus further comprising a connection sensing portion for sensing that the first and second internal conduits are connected to the attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions;

the control portion determines, based on a sensing result from the connection sensing portion, whether or not the first and second internal conduits are connected to the assigned attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions; and

if the control portion determines that the first and second internal conduits are connected to the attachment portion from among the first and second attachment portions to which the cleaning/disinfection menu is not assigned, an error is notified by a notifying portion.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 27, 2016
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039344/0502 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2015
From: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036276/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2014
From: KOSUGI, AIKO; YOSHIE, MICHIFUMI; OGAWA, AKIHISA; TOMITA, MASAHIKO; YAGUCHI, YOSHITOMO
To: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
Reel/Frame 032278/0243 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-191181 · Aug 31, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013065340 · Jun 3, 2013
Related Publication 20140166059A1 · Jun 19, 2014