US Patent Issued to American Sterilizer on Jan. 13 for "Endoscope reprocessor including actuation mechanism for actuating endoscope elevator guidewire" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,003, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to American Sterilizer Co. (Mentor, Ohio).

"Endoscope reprocessor including actuation mechanism for actuating endoscope elevator guidewire" was invented by Andrew Paul Getsy (Kirtland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoscope reprocessor for reprocessing an endoscope. An actuation mechanism of the reprocessor includes an actuator housing and a plunger removably attachable to an elevator guidewire lever of the endoscope. A receiving chamber receives pressurized fluid from a pump to impart a pressurized fluid biasing force that displaces the plunger relative to the actuator housing in a firs...