Patent ID: 8784569

Claim:
Apparatus for cleaning surgical instruments, said instruments having a hollow body with a longitudinally-extending internal passageway, a plunger having first and second ends and positioned within and moveable longitudinally along said passageway, said hollow body having a first body end having an aperture through which said first plunger end extends, a second body end from which said second plunger end is extendable and retractable responsive to the motion of said first plunger end, and a passageway inlet, said passageway inlet formed at said first body end, said apparatus comprising: a first, hollow plug liquid-tightly attachable to said first body end, said first, hollow plug having a sidewall and an end wall defining therebetween an interior cavity, said interior cavity sized and shaped to receive said first plunger end; said first, hollow plug having an inlet port communicating with said interior cavity, whereby liquid injected through said inlet port into said interior cavity enters said passageway inlet, passes through said passageway and exits through said second body end in a flowpath away from said inlet port whereby contaminants in said instrument are flushed in a direction away from said first body end.