公开(公告)号：US07749330B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-06

申请号：US11694071

申请日：2007-03-30

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert C. Platt ,  Peter C. Zhu

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert C. Platt ,  Peter C. Zhu

IPC分类号： B08B9/20

CPC分类号： B08B3/12 ,  A61B90/70 ,  A61L2/07 ,  A61L2/186 ,  A61L2/202 ,  A61L2/206 ,  A61L2/208 ,  A61L2/24 ,  A61L2/26 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  A61L2202/24 ,  B08B3/08 ,  B08B2230/01

摘要： A method and apparatus provide for automatically cleaning and decontaminating medical instruments. The method comprising the steps of: a) placing the medical instruments into a container after their use in a medical procedure; b) closing the container to seal the instruments inside whereby to prevent personnel contact with the instruments and any contaminants which might be thereon; c) inserting the sealed container into a washer/decontaminator and sealing the washer/decontaminator; d) the washer/decontaminator automatically opening the container and applying a washing fluid thereto to wash the instruments within the container; and e) the washer/decontaminator automatically applying a disinfectant to the container to disinfect the instruments whereby to allow safe handling thereof by personnel.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和装置，用于自动清洁和净化医疗器械。 该方法包括以下步骤：a）在医疗过程中使用后将医疗器械放入容器中; b）关闭容器以密封内部的仪器，以防止人员接触仪器和可能存在的任何污染物; c）将密封容器插入洗衣机/去污剂中并密封洗衣机/去污剂; d）洗衣机/净化器自动打开容器并向其中施加洗涤液以洗涤容器内的仪器; 以及e）洗衣机/净化器自动地将消毒剂施加到容器上以对仪器进行消毒，从而允许人员进行安全处理。

公开(公告)号：US20080149139A1

公开(公告)日：2008-06-26

申请号：US11615279

申请日：2006-12-22

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert C. Platt ,  Peter C. Zhu ,  Vishnu R. Raja

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert C. Platt ,  Peter C. Zhu ,  Vishnu R. Raja

IPC分类号： B65D81/24 ,  B08B7/04

CPC分类号： A61L2/24 ,  A61B90/70 ,  A61L2/186 ,  A61L2/26 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/14 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  A61L2202/24

摘要： A container provides for soaking medical instruments. The container includes a basin for receiving one or more medical instruments, a fill level sensor for detecting presence of a soaking substance at a minimum fill level, a lid closure sensor which detects closure of a lid onto the basin, and a timer adapted to begin a timing sequence when both the fill lever sensor detects presence of the soaking substance at the minimum fill level and the lid closure sensor detects closure of the lid. Proper soaking of the instruments prior to a full cleaning procedure improves the reliability of the cleaning procedure.

摘要翻译： 容器用于浸泡医疗器械。 容器包括用于接收一个或多个医疗器械的盆，用于检测浸泡物质在最小填充水平上的存在的填充液位传感器，检测盖到盆上的盖子闭合传感器，以及适于开始的定时器 当填充杆传感器检测到浸泡物质在最小填充水平的存在并且盖关闭传感器检测到盖的关闭时的定时顺序。 在完全清洁程序之前正确浸泡仪器可提高清洁程序的可靠性。

公开(公告)号：US20080001763A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-03

申请号：US11427458

申请日：2006-06-29

申请人： Vishnu R. Raja ,  Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert Platt ,  Brent Jacobson ,  Josh Hagerman ,  Steve Heniges

发明人： Vishnu R. Raja ,  Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert Platt ,  Brent Jacobson ,  Josh Hagerman ,  Steve Heniges

IPC分类号： G08B23/00 ,  G08B13/14

CPC分类号： A61L2/18 ,  G08B21/245 ,  G16H40/20

摘要： A system and method for evaluating hand decontamination compliance in a medical care facility includes a plurality of patient stations; a plurality of hand hygiene stations; personnel tags for personnel in the medical care facility; readers at the patient stations and at the hand hygiene stations capable of detecting the presence of personnel tags; and a controller for detecting whether a personnel tag accessed a hand decontamination station before presence at one of the patient stations. In an alternate embodiment, personnel tags of healthcare workers and patients are tracked in space within the facility to indicate contacts between the healthcare workers and the patients and whether the healthcare workers accessed hand hygiene prior to the contact. Hand hygiene stations include hand washing stations and antimicrobial hand rub dispensers.

摘要翻译： 用于评估医疗保健设施中的手部去污符合性的系统和方法包括多个患者站; 多个手卫生站; 医疗机构人员的人员标签; 患者站和手部卫生站的读者可以检测人员标签的存在; 以及控制器，用于在存在于所述患者站之一之前检测人员标签是否存取手部去污站。 在替代实施例中，医护人员和患者的人员标签在设施内的空间中被跟​​踪以指示医护人员和患者之间的联系，以及医护人员在接触之前是否接触到手卫生。 手部卫生站包括洗手台和抗菌手部分配器。

公开(公告)号：US07285254B2

公开(公告)日：2007-10-23

申请号：US11119606

申请日：2005-04-29

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Paul Taylor Jacobs

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Paul Taylor Jacobs

IPC分类号： A61L2/20

CPC分类号： A61L2/208 ,  A61L2/14 ,  A61L2/16 ,  A61L2202/122

摘要： A method and an apparatus for sterilizing a lumen device. A lumen and a container having an interface on a wall of the container are enclosed in a chamber. The lumen is placed across the interface so that one end of the lumen is in the container and the other end is in the chamber. Germicide is introduced into the chamber, and a pressure difference is created between the two ends of the lumen, so that the germicide flows through the lumen. The lumen may alternatively be placed across an interface which separates the chamber into two areas. Germicide is introduced into the chamber, and a pressure difference is created between the two areas of the chamber, causing the germicide to flow through the lumen.

摘要翻译： 一种用于对管腔装置进行灭菌的方法和装置。 在容器的壁上具有界面的管腔和容器被封闭在腔室中。 管腔被放置在界面上，使得内腔的一端在容器中，另一端在腔室中。 将杀菌剂引入室中，并且在管腔的两端之间产生压力差，使得杀菌剂流过管腔。 管腔可以替代地放置在将腔室分成两个区域的界面上。 将杀菌剂引入室中，并且在室的两个区域之间产生压力差，导致杀菌剂流过管腔。

公开(公告)号：US07273594B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-25

申请号：US10261282

申请日：2002-09-30

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Harold R. Williams ,  Robert Lukasik

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Harold R. Williams ,  Robert Lukasik

IPC分类号： A61L2/20

CPC分类号： A61L2/208 ,  A61L2/14 ,  A61L2/16 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/14 ,  A61L2202/24

摘要： A sterilization container holds instruments during a sterilization process. It has en enclosure with an opening into the enclosure. A self-closing mechanism at the opening keeps the opening closed when not attached to a sterilant delivery source.

摘要翻译： 灭菌容器在灭菌过程中保持仪器。 它具有通向外壳的开口的外壳。 开口处的自动关闭机构在未附着到消毒剂输送源时保持开口关闭。

公开(公告)号：US07246627B2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-24

申请号：US10326041

申请日：2002-12-20

申请人： Paul T. Jacobs ,  Jenn-Hann Wang ,  Szu-Min Lin

发明人： Paul T. Jacobs ,  Jenn-Hann Wang ,  Szu-Min Lin

IPC分类号： B08B3/02

CPC分类号： A61L2/186 ,  A61B90/70 ,  A61L2/183 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  A61L2202/24 ,  B08B3/00

摘要： An apparatus for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical device includes a cleaning chamber for receiving and cleaning the instrument with a cleaning liquid, a receiving well within the cleaning chamber, a removable soil standard receivable within the receiving well whereby to be exposed to the cleaning process within the cleaning chamber; and a soil detector coupled to the cleaning chamber and adapted to provide an indication of the amount of the soil on the soil standard while the soil standard is received within the receiving well.

摘要翻译： 一种用于监测医疗装置的清洁过程的装置包括清洁室，用于接收和清洁具有清洁液体的仪器，清洁室内的接收井，可接收在接收井内的可移除的土壤标准，从而暴露于清洁 清洁室内的过程; 以及土壤检测器，其耦合到所述清洁室并且适于在所述接收井内接收到土壤标准的同时提供土壤标准上土壤的量的指示。

公开(公告)号：US20070100206A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-03

申请号：US11263010

申请日：2005-10-31

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert Platt ,  Vinod Mirchandani

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Robert Platt ,  Vinod Mirchandani

IPC分类号： A61B1/12 ,  A61B1/00

CPC分类号： A61B1/123 ,  A61B1/00068 ,  A61B1/125 ,  A61B90/70 ,  A61B2090/701

摘要： A method provides flow to multiple channels in an endoscope during an endoscope decontamination procedure. A member is inserted into a chamber in a body of an endoscope through an opening into the chamber, the chamber being intersected by a first lumen and a second lumen. The member separates fluidly the first lumen from the second lumen. Fluid is flowed through a first channel through the member into the first lumen and through a second channel through the member into the second lumen. Additional lumens can be so treated at the same time. Fluids can include detergents and other cleaning fluids, disinfectants and sterilants.

摘要翻译： 在内窥镜去污过程中，一种方法提供流入内窥镜中的多个通道。 一个构件通过开口进入腔内插入到内窥镜体内的腔室中，腔室被第一腔和第二腔相交。 该构件将第一腔与第二腔流体分开。 流体通过第一通道穿过构件流入第一管腔并通过穿过构件的第二通道进入第二管腔。 额外的流明可以同时进行治疗。 流体可以包括洗涤剂和其它清洁液，消毒剂和灭菌剂。

公开(公告)号：US20070003995A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-04

申请号：US11172553

申请日：2005-06-30

申请人： Kevin Song ,  Szu-Min Lin

发明人： Kevin Song ,  Szu-Min Lin

IPC分类号： C12Q1/22 ,  G01N33/20

CPC分类号： C12Q1/22 ,  G01N33/521 ,  G01N33/84 ,  Y10T436/11

摘要： A device and a method for rapidly determining the effectiveness of sterilization or disinfection processes are provided. The method involves contacting a biological indicator containing a known number of live spores to a sterilization or disinfection process. When the spores are killed, the minerals in the spores are released. Water is contacted with the dead spores to form an aqueous solution. A parameter related to the concentration of a mineral in the aqueous solution is measured. The effectiveness of the germicidal process is determined from the parameter and the initial number of spores in the biological indicator. Measuring the parameter by measuring the conductivity of the aqueous solution is particularly effective and sensitive.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于快速确定灭菌或消毒过程有效性的装置和方法。 该方法包括将含有已知数量的活孢子的生物学指示剂与消毒或消毒过程接触。 当孢子死亡时，孢子中的矿物质被释放。 水与死孢子接触以形成水溶液。 测定与水溶液中的矿物质浓度有关的参数。 杀菌过程的有效性由生物指标中的孢子的参数和初始数量确定。 通过测量水溶液的电导率来测量参数是特别有效和敏感的。

公开(公告)号：US20060219261A1

公开(公告)日：2006-10-05

申请号：US11095251

申请日：2005-03-31

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Paul Jacobs ,  Jenn-Hann Wang ,  Robert Platt ,  Peter Zhu

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Paul Jacobs ,  Jenn-Hann Wang ,  Robert Platt ,  Peter Zhu

IPC分类号： B08B7/04 ,  B08B3/00

CPC分类号： A61L2/186 ,  A61B1/00057 ,  A61B1/123 ,  A61B90/70 ,  A61B2090/701 ,  A61B2090/702 ,  A61L2/183 ,  A61L2/28 ,  A61L2202/122 ,  A61L2202/17 ,  A61L2202/24 ,  G01N31/22

摘要： A method for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical instrument, includes the steps of placing the instrument in a cleaning chamber; placing a soil standard in the cleaning chamber; cleaning the instrument and the soil standard with a cleaning solution; and detecting whether soil remains on said soil standard. The soil standard includes two substantially parallel substrates separated with two substantially equal thickness spacers, wherein a gap is formed between the two substrates with soil in the gap.

公开(公告)号：US06977061B2

公开(公告)日：2005-12-20

申请号：US09802326

申请日：2001-03-08

申请人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Paul Taylor Jacobs

发明人： Szu-Min Lin ,  Paul Taylor Jacobs

IPC分类号： A61L2/14 ,  A61L2/16 ,  A61L2/20

CPC分类号： A61L2/208 ,  A61L2/14 ,  A61L2/16 ,  A61L2202/122

摘要： A method and an apparatus for sterilizing a lumen device. A lumen and a container having an interface on a wall of the container are enclosed in a chamber. The lumen is placed across the interface so that one end of the lumen is in the container and the other end is in the chamber. Germicide is introduced into the chamber, and a pressure difference is created between the two ends of the lumen, so that the germicide flows through the lumen. The lumen may alternatively be placed across an interface which separates the chamber into two areas. Germicide is introduced into the chamber, and a pressure difference is created between the two areas of the chamber, causing the germicide to flow through the lumen.