Patent ID: 7260863
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A46B,A61B,B08B

Abstract:
1. A scrub brush-sponge for treating a medical instrument, comprising: a base: a sponge coupled to the base and provided with an inner surface, the inner surface defining a channel open away from the base and configured to receive a body of the medical instrument so that the inner surface of the sponge extends complementary to and is juxtaposed with a peripheral portion of the body of the medical instrument; the channel has an inner substantially annular region and two outer substantially rectilinear regions opposing one another so that when no external force is applied to the sponge, the opposing rectilinear regions are spaced apart, and when the external force is applied to the sponge, the opposing rectilinear regions are displaceable towards one another so as to increase a contact area between the body of the medical instrument and the inner surface of the sponge; the two opposing rectilinear regions of the inner surface of the sponge each have a respective pair of inner and outer sub-regions configured so that when the external compression force is not applied, the inner and outer sub-regions of each pair extend away from one another; and the inner sub-regions of the two opposing rectilinear regions of the inner surface of the sponge extend in substantially parallel planes, whereas the outer sub-regions extend in planes diverging outwardly from one another.