SONOMIC – ultrasonic bath

– The SONOMIC ultrasonic bath was specially developed for the preparation of up to 12 flushable MIC instruments and is available as an ultrasonic bath MC 1001 and as an ultrasonic bath for installation MC 1001 E.

MIS instrument preparation with ultrasound

– What is new about the SONOMIC is that each instrument can be disinfected, cleaned and tested separately using its own adapter by multiple suction rinsing from the distal end.
– With the identical adapters, flushable MIS instruments with diameters of 3 to 10 mm can be connected without having to change the seal.
– By switching on ultrasound during the suction rinsing processes and during external disinfection, the disinfection and cleaning effect is sustainably enhanced.
– It is operated via a touchscreen, which provides information about the current work step and the overall result.
– The user receives clear instructions that guide him through the individual work steps in the operating program.

– A test integrated into the operating program checks the continuity of each individual instrument; instruments that are not consistent are reliably identified.
– The SONOMIC has an inclined tub base and a welded-in G ¾ spout with a ball valve for quickly draining used bath liquid and completely emptying it.

 Individual instrument testing instead of overall testing
– If different MIS instruments are rinsed at the same time, the rinsing result for individual instruments cannot be controlled.
– In SONOMIC, this problem is solved with the innovative channel selector (patent EP 19 20 797).
– It only ever activates one instrument for rinsing, thus enabling individual flow control.
– The minimum flow rate is 2 ml/s at 0.8 bar negative pressure, otherwise the instrument will be identified as “not consistent” and displayed on the touchscreen.
– This process monitoring with determination, allocation and clear display of the successful flushability of each individual instrument provides greater security during reprocessing.

SONOMIC suction flushing compared to pressure flushing from other providers

– As a rule, most of the contamination accumulates at the distal end of the MIS instruments.
– In comparable devices from other manufacturers, all MIS instruments are flushed with pressure from the distal end.
– Contaminants are transported through the entire lumen of the instruments, which poses an increased risk of unwanted deposits, particularly in narrow areas around the handles and other difficult areas of the instruments.
– The direct introduction of the dissolved contaminants into the bath liquid can be seen as a further negative effect.
– The suction-rinsing function (patent DE 20 2006 020 523) of the SONOMIC at the distal ends of the instruments removes contamination against the direction of penetration, while fresh cleaning solution flows in at the same time.

– This avoids unnecessary contamination of the rear lumen parts of the instruments.
– Suctioned-off impurities reach the replaceable filter via the adapter and therefore do not return to the bath liquid.

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