Patent ID: 7311660

Claim:
A sterilized endoscopic scope defogger comprising: a casing made of an insulated substantially rigid material, the casing having sidewalls defining a plurality of sidewall chambers and a central chamber, an outer surface of the casing defining an inlet of a cavity communicating with the central chamber to allow a surgical scope to be inserted into the central chamber through the inlet of the cavity; exothermic reactive chemicals including a catalyst disposed within the sidewall chambers; a defogging solution disposed within the central chamber and to be heated by the exothermic reactive chemicals, and wherein the sidewall chambers configured to be breachable to create a sustained exothermic reaction in order to heat a surgical scope submerged in and heated via the heated defogging solution; and the cavity being self-sealing and configured to allow a surgical scope to be inserted through the inlet of the cavity and to be submerged in and heated via the defogging solution, and to prevent the defogging solution from spilling out of the inlet of the cavity.