Endoscope cleaning station having leak tester and high-pressure port
An endoscope cleaning station for cleaning an endoscope includes a sink having an inlet connected to a water supply for filling the sink and a drain for draining the sink, a fill solenoid for controlling a flow of water to the inlet of the sink, a detergent pump and detergent valve that cooperate to selectively dispense detergent into another flow of water thus creating a detergent solution, a manifold for injecting the detergent solution into the endoscope, a lumen solenoid for controlling the flow of the detergent solution to the manifold, a pressure regulator disposed downstream of the lumen solenoid and upstream of the manifold to reduce a pressure of the detergent solution delivered to the manifold, and a high-pressure port connected to a narrow channel of the endoscope, the high-pressure port receiving the detergent solution that bypasses the pressure regulator so that the detergent solution exiting the high-pressure port into the narrow channel has a higher pressure than the pressure of the detergent solution delivered to the manifold.
1. An endoscope cleaning station for cleaning an endoscope, the station comprising:
a sink having an inlet connected to a water supply for filling the sink and a drain for draining the sink;
a fill solenoid for controlling a flow of water to the inlet of the sink;
a detergent pump and detergent valve that cooperate to selectively dispense detergent into another flow of water thus creating a detergent solution;
a manifold for injecting the detergent solution into the endoscope;
a lumen solenoid for controlling the flow of the detergent solution to the manifold;
a pressure regulator disposed downstream of the lumen solenoid and upstream of the manifold to reduce a pressure of the detergent solution delivered to the manifold; and,
a high-pressure port configured to be connected to a narrow channel of the endoscope, the high-pressure port receiving detergent solution that bypasses the pressure regulator via a conduit so that the detergent solution exiting the high-pressure port into the narrow channel has a higher pressure than the pressure of the detergent solution delivered to the manifold.
2. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 1 further including a fill level sensor for sensing a fill level in the sink to control the fill solenoid.
3. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 2 further including a high level sensor for detecting an overfill condition in the sink and for triggering an alarm if the overfill condition persists.
4. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 1 further including a high level sensor for detecting an overfill condition in the sink and for triggering an alarm if the overfill condition persists.
5. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 1 wherein the detergent valve is a three-way detergent valve capable of directing detergent into the flow of water to the inlet of the sink.
6. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 1 further including a microprocessor coupled to a memory for storing a record of steps performed for each uniquely identified endoscope.
7. An endoscope cleaning station for cleaning an endoscope, the station comprising:
a sink having an inlet connected to a water supply for filling the sink and a drain for draining the sink;
a fill solenoid for controlling a flow of water to the inlet of the sink;
a detergent pump and detergent valve that cooperate to selectively dispense detergent into another flow of water thus creating a detergent solution;
a manifold for injecting the detergent solution into the endoscope;
a lumen solenoid for controlling the flow of the detergent solution to the manifold;
a leak test port configured to be connected to the endoscope; and
an air pump and a leak test three-way valve connected to the air pump for selectively distributing pressurized air to the leak test port for pressurizing an outer sheath of the endoscope and an air purge three-way valve capable of diverting pressurized air to purge either the manifold or a high-pressure port.
8. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 7 further including a pressure transducer for measuring air pressure.
9. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 7 further including a leak test release valve.
10. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 7 further comprising a pressure regulator disposed downstream of the lumen solenoid and upstream of the manifold to reduce a pressure of the detergent solution delivered to the manifold.
11. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 10 further comprising a high-pressure port configured to be connected to a narrow channel of the endoscope, the high-pressure port receiving detergent solution that bypasses the pressure regulator via a conduit so that the detergent solution exiting the high-pressure port into the narrow channel has a higher pressure than the pressure of the detergent solution delivered to the manifold.
12. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 7 further including a fill level sensor for sensing a fill level in the sink to control the fill solenoid.
13. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 7 further including a high-level sensor for detecting an overfill condition in the sink and for triggering an alarm if the overfill condition persists.
14. The endoscope cleaning station according to claim 7 wherein the detergent valve is a three-way detergent valve capable of directing detergent into the flow of water to the inlet of the sink.
15. The endoscope cleaning station of according to claim 7 further including a microprocessor coupled to a memory for storing a record of steps performed for each uniquely identified endoscope.