Patent ID: 6848456

Claim:
A method for the reprocessing of a device having a plurality of internal passageways by applying a plurality of fluid channel flows to said internal passageways of said device to permit reuse of the device in a clean environment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) applying a pressurized fluid flow to an input of a manifold having a plurality of manifold outputs for forming a plurality of manifold output channel flows; (b) transmitting each of the manifold output channel flows of said plurality of manifold output channel flows through a respective flowmeter for measuring an individual flow rate for each of said manifold output channel flows to provide measured output channel flows; (c) transmitting said measured output channel flows to said plurality of internal passageways; (d) reprocessing said internal passageways using said measured output channel flows; and (e) determining an obstruction in an internal passageway of said plurality of internal passageways in accordance with a measured individual flow rate.