Systems for cleaning instruments

摘要

Hand-held pumps are disclosed. In one embodiment, a hand-held pump is configured to produce a jet containing water, a sanitizing solution, or a combination thereof for the purpose of cleaning an object such as a medical device.

主权项

1. A hand-held cleaning system for removing foreign bodies from a contaminated medical device, comprising:
a hand-held pump housing comprising:
an electrically-driven internal pump configured to receive a cleansing solution at an inlet port from an inlet lumen and pump said cleansing solution through an outlet port to an elongate nozzle body that protrudes from said pump housing; andexteriorly-disposed user controls operable to vary the force with which said cleansing solution is pumped to said elongate nozzle body; wherein said nozzle body is configured to produce an output jet of said cleansing solution for forcefully removing said foreign bodies from small structural features of said contaminated medical device; wherein said pump housing is sized to provide the capability of intricately removing said foreign bodies from said contaminated medical device via said output jet and manipulate said user controls with one hand; and wherein a distal end portion of said inlet lumen is separately in fluid communication with a water source and a composition formulated to clean or disinfect said medical instrument, and a proximal end portion is in fluid communication with said inlet port of said pump.