Claims
- 1. An apparatus for monitoring a cleaning process for a medical instrument, comprising:
a cleaning chamber for receiving and cleaning the instrument with a cleaning liquid; a receiving well within the cleaning chamber; a removable soil standard comprising a body having thereon a predetermined amount of soil and which is receivable within the receiving well whereby to be exposed to the cleaning process within the cleaning chamber; and a soil detector coupled to the cleaning chamber and adapted to provide an indication of the amount of the soil on the soil standard while the soil standard is received within the receiving well.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the soil detector comprises a light source which shines light through the soil standard and a light receiver which reads the amount of light shining through the soil standard.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the light source transmits light a known wavelength and wherein the soil standard body is essentially transparent to light at this wavelength.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the soil standard body is made of quartz.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the receiving well is comprised of quartz.
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/132,811 filed Apr. 25, 2002, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/075,714 filed May 11, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,394,111 which claims the benefits of Provisional Application No. 60/049,351, entitled “DETECTION OF CLEANLINESS OF A MEDICAL DEVICE DURING A WASHING PROCESS”, filed on Jun. 11, 1997.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60049351 |
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Continuations (1)
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10132811 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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