DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT REPROCESSING

摘要

An accessory drive device includes a housing, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a drive mechanism, and an output drive member. The output drive member may be driven by the drive mechanism and engage with an input drive member on a transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument. The drive mechanism may be configured to be driven by a motive force produced by fluid flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet, with the fluid being delivered by a fluid source of a reprocessing device. A portable, accessory drive device for a surgical instrument includes a portable housing to be removably coupled to a transmission mechanism of an instrument and a drive mechanism to drive an input drive member of the transmission mechanism. A method of reprocessing a surgical instrument includes converting a force associated with a flow of fluid for reprocessing to drive an instrument input drive member.

主权项

1. An accessory drive device for surgical instrument reprocessing, comprising:
a housing; a fluid inlet in flow communication with the housing; a fluid outlet in flow communication with the housing; a drive mechanism disposed within the housing; and an output drive member coupled to and driven by the drive mechanism, the output drive member being configured to engage with an input drive member on a transmission mechanism of the surgical instrument; wherein the drive mechanism is configured to be driven by fluid flowing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet, the fluid being from a fluid source of a reprocessing device.