Apparatus and Method for Cleaning Microsurgical Instruments

摘要

A cleaning apparatus for microsurgical instruments of the type having screw-type mechanisms used to advance or retract a plunger has a hollow sleeve into which the injector is liquid-tightly inserted, the sleeve being configured to hold the plunger in a fixed position when the plunger is disengaged from the injector body. A cap having an inlet port is liquid-tightly attached to the sleeve and cleaning liquid is forced from a syringe into and through the inlet port, flushing detritus from the injector. Various sizes and shapes of sleeves are used to accommodate different injectors.

主权项

1. Apparatus for cleaning surgical instruments, said instruments of the type having a hollow body having an internal passageway, said passageway having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet threadably receiving a plunger mechanism, said plunger mechanism having a knob positioned outside said body, said apparatus comprising:
a hollow flush chamber having first and second ends, said first end sized and shaped to receive said hollow instrument body, outlet end first, means formed proximate said first end to liquid-tightly engage said instrument body; said second end sized and shaped to engage said knob when said plunger mechanism is unthreaded from said inlet thereby positioning said knob and at least a portion of said plunger mechanism within said flush chamber; a flush plug liquid-tightly closing off said second end of said flush chamber over said knob, said flush plug having an inlet port communicating with said flush chamber, whereby liquid injected through said inlet port passes through said flush chamber, enters said passageway inlet, passes through said passageway and exits through said passageway outlet.