Systems, methods, and devices for ozone sanitization of continuous positive airway pressure devices

• US 9,610,373 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2016
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SoClean, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SoClean, Inc.
• Inventors: Leyva, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): Conley, Sean E
• Assistant Examiner(s): SPAMER, DONALD R
• Application Number:
  US15/142,111
• Publication Number:
  US 20160243269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/183 Ozone dissolved in a liquid
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/202 Ozone
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/24 Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/14 Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/24 Medical instruments, e.g. endoscopes, catheters, sharps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0057 Pumps therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/021 operated by electrical means A61M16/202 – A61M16/205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/06 Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0683 Holding devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0816 Joints or connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0875 Connecting tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/1095 in the connecting tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/16 Devices to humidify the respiration air A61M16/1045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/208 Non-controlled one-way valves, e.g. exhalation, check, pop-off non-rebreathing valves
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0216 Ozone
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/27 preventing use
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/10 Equipment for cleaning

Abstract

The present invention is generally related to a device and method for sanitizing a medical instrument with ozone, in particular the invention relates to a system, method and a device for sanitizing a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device. The device has an ozone compartment, an ozone operating system and one or more ozone distribution lines that distribute ozone to a continuous positive airway pressure device. The device may further include a heater adapter unit to connect heating systems in CPAP devices while distributing ozone to sanitize the CPAP device in accordance with the present invention.

Claims

1. A connector unit for a medical instrument comprising:

a first end connected to a proximal end of a passageway with a gas environment in the medical instrument;

a second end connected to an enclosed space;

an outer wall between the first end and the second end; and

a distribution line traversing the outer wall with a free end fluid communication with the passageway of the medical instrument for distributing ozone gas into the passageway of the medical instrument.

2. The connector unit in accordance with claim 1 further comprising an exhaust port connected at the distal end of the passageway with the gas environment in the medical instrument.

3. The connector unit in accordance with claim 1 further comprising an ozone sensor for sensing ozone gas in the passageway with the gas environment in the medical instrument attached to the connector unit.

4. The connector unit in accordance with claim 1 further comprising an ozone operating system connected to the distribution line.

5. The connector unit in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a heating element adapter unit.

6. A system comprising:

a connector unit and an ozone device, wherein the connector unit connects the ozone device having an ozone operating system to a medical instrument having an inner cavity, the connector unit comprising;

a first end connected to a proximal end of the inner cavity of the medical instrument;

a second end connected with a gas-tight closure;

an outer wall between the first end and the second end; and

a distribution line connected to the ozone operating system, the distribution line traversing the outer wall of the connector unit with a free end in fluid communication with the inner cavity of the medical instrument for distributing ozone into the inner cavity of the medical instrument.

7. The system in accordance with claim 6 further comprising an ozone sensor for sensing ozone gas in the medical device attached to the connector unit.

8. The system in accordance with claim 6 further comprising a heating element adapter unit attached to the connector unit.

9. A system comprising:

a continuous positive airway pressure connector unit and an ozone device, wherein the continuous positive airway pressure connector unit connects the ozone device having an ozone operating system to a continuous positive airway pressure device having a hose and a water reservoir, the continuous positive airway pressure connector unit comprising;

a first end connected to the hose;

a second end connected to the water reservoir;

an outer wall between the first end and the second end; and

,

a distribution line connected to the ozone operating system, the distribution line traversing the wall with a free end immersed in the water reservoir.

10. The system in accordance with claim 9 further comprising a sensor for sensing ozone gas.

11. The system in accordance with claim 9 further comprising a heating element adapter unit, wherein a heating element adapter unit connects a heating element to a continuous positive airway connector unit.