A reprocessor for ENT endoscopes
In bronchoscopy and gastroenterology, reprocessors are commonly used to provide a quick availability of endoscopes. However, ENT departments do not dispose of dedicated material, according to the French company Soluscope Group, which manufactures endoscope reprocessors and the detergents used to wash and disinfect them.
At MEDICA, the company is launching on to the international market the Soluscope ENT — designed specifically for ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures; this results from 14 years’ R&D by the company, which adds: ‘It has already earned an excellent reputation in the French market, not least because the automated disinfection system dramatically reduces cost per cleaning cycle.’
This compact product — just 36cm wide – can prepare a reprocessed ready-to-use endoscope in under 12 minutes. Other assets:
- It offers a bowl adapted to ENT endoscopes, cutting down filling times and chemistry consumption.
- Complete cleaning and disinfection of an endoscope takes 12 minutes.
- It is EN-ISO-15883 compliant
- The efficient traceability system includes patient/endoscope barcodes, automatic control of the cycle data and ticket printout.
- Operators have no contact with products and fumes.
- The standard machine is delivered with its water pre-treatment, including pre-filtration and sterilising filtration, both disinfected daily during the self disinfection of the machine.
The company adds that the chemical products used for the Soluscope ENT are single-use: the Soluscope C+ cleaner, with enhanced efficacy on biofilm, and Soluscope PA, composed of peracetic acid and corrosion inhibitor. ‘The low concentration of products used and the continuous leak-test guarantees optimum protection of endoscopes.’
Soluscope’s other flexible endoscope reprocessors will also be on show. ‘They effectively eliminate the risk of contamination for patients and users during digestive or bronchial procedures,’ the firm points out.
This article was published on 11/16/2007