Endoscope cleaning system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12004724
APP PUB NO 20220354353A1
SERIAL NO

17313637

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A method for cleaning an endoscope during a surgical procedure performed with a surgical instrument. The method includes: measuring with a processor module an aggregate activation time of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedure; and activating an endoscope cleaning system with the processor module to clean a lens of the surgical instrument after the processor module determines that the measured aggregate activation time of the surgical instrument has reached a target duration.

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MEDTRONIC XOMED INC6743 SOUTHPOINT DRIVE NORTH JACKSONVILLE FL 32216

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Gladstone, Samuel St Johns, US 9 339
Mowlai-Ashtiani, Ali Jacksonville, US 28 949

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