Patent ID: 8997751
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a rinsing device for a surgical instrument, comprising the steps of: filling an internal rinsing-liquid container having an elastic wall with a rinsing liquid; delivering a pressurized inert gas from a gas-delivery device via a conduit to an external rinsing-liquid container inside of which is the internal rinsing-liquid container; placing the rinsing liquid under a rinsing pressure by the pressurized inert gas by the action of the gas directly upon the elastic wall of the internal rinsing-liquid container; regulating at least one of a pressure and a volume flow of the inert gas; and switching at least one of the pressure and the volume flow of the inert gas between a first value for supplying the inert gas to a tissue-treatment region and a second value for supplying the inert gas to produce the rinsing pressure.