Patent ID: 6018835
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A61B,B08B

Abstract:
A stethoscope cleaning apparatus, comprising:a housing defining an interior cleaning chamber and having an opening communicating between an exterior of said housing and said chamber, said opening defining a plane and being configured to permit insertion of a head portion of a stethoscope into said cleaning chamber; anda driven bacterial disinfecting apparatus arranged in said cleaning chamber in predetermined relation relative to said opening such that when the head portion of the stethoscope is inserted through the opening and into said cleaning chamber said disinfecting apparatus engages with a face thereof and thereby disinfects the head portion of the stethoscope inserted into said opening, and wherein said bacterial disinfecting apparatus defines a substantially flat cleaning surface facing said opening extending generally parallel to said plane at least over that portion engaging with the face of the stethoscope.