Patent ID: 11858074
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A medical apparatus remanufacturing method comprising:
disassembling a housing including a first housing and a second housing, the first housing including a boss that is press-fitted to a boss hole of a press-fitted portion of the second housing in an assembled state in which the first housing and the second housing are assembled to each other, the disassembling including:
removing the boss from the boss hole to release the assembled state;

then reassembling the first housing and the second housing to each other; and
then performing a sterilization treatment including sending a sterilizing gas to the boss hole through a flow channel that is configured to allow passage of fluid and is formed between an outer surface of the boss and an inner surface of the boss hole,
wherein the flow channel extends in a longitudinal direction running from a proximal end of the boss to a distal end of the boss.