Patent ID: 9579157
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M,B08B

Claim:
1. A cleaning device for cleaning a medical instrument, the medical instrument having a distal end portion defining an instrument lumen and proximal and distal openings in fluid communication with the instrument lumen, the cleaning device comprising: a lower half and an upper half pivotably connected to one another by a hinge, the upper and lower halves being selectively pivotable about the hinge between an open position and a closed position; each of the upper and lower halves including a luminal portion having a luminal portion axis, the luminal portions of the upper and lower halves in the open position being spaced apart from one another to receive the distal end portion of the medical instrument therebetween and in the closed position defining a flushing chamber having opposite proximal and distal ends and a length extending along the luminal portion axis between the proximal and distal ends, the luminal portions being shaped and arranged to enclose and fluidly seal the distal end portion of the medical instrument within the flushing chamber in the closed position; an inlet port in fluid communication with the flushing chamber and configured to be in fluid communication with the instrument lumen, and configured for fluid connection to a source of fluid, wherein each of the luminal portions of the upper and lower halves is elastic and configured when in the closed position to seal around the outer diameter of the received distal end portion of the medical instrument, wherein the luminal portion of the upper half defines a groove extending along the luminal portion axis through the proximal and distal ends of the flushing chamber, the groove configured to receive the distal end portion of the medical instrument therein.