Patent ID: 7918788
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of providing flow to multiple channels in an endoscope during an endoscope decontamination procedure, the method comprising the steps of: inserting a first member into a first chamber in a body of an endoscope through an opening into the first chamber, the first chamber being intersected by a first lumen and a second lumen; separating fluidly the first lumen from the second lumen in the first chamber via the first member; flowing fluid through a first channel through the first member into the first lumen; flowing fluid through a second channel through the first member into the second lumen, and moving the first member within the first chamber by flowing fluid under pressure through a third channel in the first member into the first chamber to move the first member outwardly thereof whereby to reduce occlusion.