A control unit of a reprocessor main body includes a processor, the processor being configured to acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different, select an image showing a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor and a second part that is a predetermined part of the endoscope, and determine whether the second part is included in a predetermined range from the first part.

An endoscope connecting tube includes a liquid feeding index including: an exterior; an exposure hole provided on the exterior; and a flow path; and a movable member that is brought into a convex warp state toward a surface direction of the exterior when an inner pressure of a flow path reaches a predetermined value or higher, and remains in the convex warp state even when the inner pressure of the flow path reaches less than the predetermined value; and a marker that projects from the exposure hole by the movable member being brought into the convex warp state; a releasing portion that releases the convex warp state of the movable member by causing the marker to slide and push the movable member; and an insertion path into which the releasing portion is inserted.

A cleaning and/or disinfecting device, including: a rinsing container having a rinsing chamber, the rinsing container having a loading opening for loading with washware to be cleaned; a rinsing chamber door, by which the loading opening can be closed in a fluid-tight manner, wherein the rinsing chamber door is a lift door configured to be displaceable translationally in a height direction of the rinsing container; and a drip collector arranged below the rinsing container in the height direction, the drip collector being configured to be displaced translationally in a direction running transversely to the height direction of the rinsing container, the drip collector being configured to be transitioned from a non-use position overlapping with the rinsing container to a use position protruding past the rinsing container on a loading opening side and from the use position back to the non-use position.

An arrangement, and associated method, for cleaning and disinfecting an endoscope having an internal channel accessible via an opening. The arrangement includes: a support structure; at least one tray including at least one fixture arranged to maintain the endoscope in the desired position within the tray; a rack arranged to support the tray; a control unit arranged to control and operate the arrangement; a user interface connected to the control unit and arranged to make it possible for an operator to indicate the type of endoscope arranged in the tray; an optical device connected to the control unit and configured to confirm the type of endoscope arranged in the tray; a robotic device operated by the control unit and arranged to clean the at least one channel in the endoscope arranged in the tray; and a disinfector device arranged to enclose the tray and disinfect the endoscope.

To provide an elevator or the like that facilitates cleaning of an endoscope by dismounting the endoscope after endoscopic examination. An elevator (80) which is capable of being attached to and detached from an endoscope (10) that includes a lever (60) provided rotatably at a distal tip of an insertion portion, and a rotating portion (24) that rotates the lever (60), includes a first elevation portion (831) that has a recessed portion (84) on one surface, a second elevation portion (832) that protrudes from an end of the first elevation portion (831), and a lever connection portion (81) that is provided at an end portion of the second elevation portion (832) and connected to the lever (60). The elevator (80) is formed of a material having a tensile yield stress of 40 megapascals or more.

A trocar including a trocar head attached to a cannula having a lumen with a distal opening, the cannula includes at least one elastomeric band positioned across said lumen.

A lumen inspection device includes an elongate member and a sealing member at a distal end of the elongate member. The elongate member is inserted into a lumen of a medical instrument. The lumen inspection device is translated along the lumen. The sealing member resiliently bears against a sidewall of the lumen as the lumen inspection device is translated along the lumen of the medical instrument. A pressure source is activated to pressurize a region of the lumen adjacent to the sealing member. A fluid property of the lumen is monitored to detect whether the sealing member deforms in response to an obstruction in the lumen.

An endoscope cleaning device is applied to an endoscope having a main body and a tube body connected to the main body. The endoscope cleaning device includes a frame, a receiving tank for receiving the tube body, a circulating module, and an operating module that is electrically connected to the circulating module. The receiving tank and the operating module are disposed on the frame. The circulating module is connected to a source of first solution supply, a source of second solution supply, and the receiving tank. The operating module is manipulated by a user to control the circulating module to transmit the solution provided by the source of first solution supply and the solution provided by the source of second solution supply to the receiving tank and then to drain the solution in the receiving tank out. A cleaning method of an endoscope by using the endoscope cleaning device is provided.

A force transducer is coupled to a distal portion of a shaft of a surgical instrument. The force transducer includes proximal and distal portions, radial ribs, and a plurality of strain gauges. The radial ribs form a plurality of through passages. The surgical instrument further includes a flush manifold that receives a liquid from a proximal portion of the shaft, and that directs the liquid along a first subset of through passages of the plurality of through passages toward the distal portion of the force transducer. A plenum at the distal portion of the force transducer collects the liquid from the first subset of through passages and redirects the liquid back toward the proximal portion of the shaft along a second subset of through passages of the plurality of through passages different from the first subset of through passages.

Embodiments of a system and method for endoscope cleaning and inspection are disclosed. In an example, an endoscope cleaning and inspection unit includes cleaning and testing capabilities operated via control equipment and a display screen, to operate leak testing equipment, flush control equipment, and optical inspection equipment for leak testing, flushing, rinsing, and inspection of an endoscope interior chamber (lumen) and exterior surfaces. In a further example, the endoscope cleaning and inspection unit may further operate and receive information from a borescope imaging device or a magnification imaging device, using an imaging sensor to capture images of an endoscope lumen or surface respectively, as captured or output on the display screen. Further embodiments provide for control, monitoring, data collection, data input, and data output with such imaging devices via the endoscope cleaning and inspection unit.