Patent ID: 9216074
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: A61B,A61C,B08B

Abstract:
1. A cleaning or care device for cleaning or care of at least one medical or dental instrument, comprising: a selectively sizable cleaning chamber shaped to receive the at least one instrument to be cleaned, the cleaning chamber having a flexible outer shell movable in response to mechanical and/or fluid pressure to define a boundary of the cleaning chamber sized for the at least one instrument to be cleaned; at least one media feed positioned to selectively deliver a cleaning or care agent into the cleaning chamber; a spacer device provided for maintaining a space between the at least one instrument to be cleaned and an inside of the outer shell along and around an entire periphery of the instrument, wherein the spacer device comprises at least one of: spacers which are integral with the flexible outer shell; or a control or regulating device having at least one sensor arranged inside or outside the cleaning chamber to selectively regulate pressure inside or outside the cleaning chamber; and wherein the flexible outer shell is directly or indirectly and undetachably fixed to at least one fixed component of the cleaning or care device, wherein the at least one fixed component of the cleaning or care device comprises an outer housing of the cleaning or care device.