| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of sterilizing an endoscope with high-temperature, high-pressure steam to quickly and securely sterilize the inside of a conduit built in the endoscope. <P>SOLUTION: The endoscope 2 is stored in a chamber 52 of a high-temperature high-pressure steam sterilization device to be sterilized with high-temperature, high-pressure steam. In the sterilization, steam can penetrate into the conduit 6 as by a conventional method, and also into a space 47 on the outside of the conduit 56 by a ventilation part 37. Accordingly, the endoscope can be sterilized from both sides of the conduit 56, though sterilized only in the inside of the conduit 56 by the conventional method, and the sterilization can be carried out in a short period of time. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI |
