1. A method for cleaning or sterilizing a lumened instrument secured in a connectorless fashion in a pushpull reprocessor, said pushpull reprocessor including a container having a first chamber and a second chamber and a pressure sensor in each chamber, the method comprising the step of:
generating, in response to said pressure sensor in each chamber, a flow of a fluid through a lumen of said lumened instrument corresponding to at least a total internal volume of said lumen.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating step comprises configuring a pumping means in said pushpull reprocessor to vary its motor speed in response to said pressure sensor in each chamber.
3. A method for cleaning or sterilizing an instrument having a lumen, an inner surface and outer surface, said method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a pushpull reprocessor including a container having at least one interface with an opening, said at least one interface separating said container into two or more compartments, with each of said two or more compartments including a pressure sensor;
b) securing said instrument in a connectorless fashion within said at least one interface; and
c) generating a flow of a fluid from inside said container, wherein said flow of the fluid is generated in response to said pressure sensor in each compartment, through said lumen such that fluid corresponding to at least a total internal volume of said lumen is displaced therethrough during each stroke of said pushpull reprocessor.
4. The method of claim 3, where said flow exceeds the total internal volume of said lumen by at least 1%.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein step c) occurs at a substantially constant pressure.
6. The method of claim 3, wherein said container includes a volume of air of between 1-25% at said container top.
7. The method of claim 3, further including securing said instrument in a baffle plug that generates a flow between the instrument being held and an opening of the baffle plug, thereby creating a turbulent flow to clean the instrument exterior.
8. A method for cleaning or sterilizing an instrument with a lumen, an inner surface and outer surface, said method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a pushpull reprocessor including a container having at least one interface with an opening, said at least one interface separating said container into at least two chambers, with each of said at least two chambers including a pressure sensor;
b) securing said instrument in a connectorless fashion within said at least one interface such that the instrument is in at least two of said at least two chambers; and
c) generating a flow of a fluid, wherein said flow of the fluid is generated in response to said pressure sensor in each chamber, through said lumen at a constant pressure such that fluid corresponding to at least a total internal volume of said lumen is displaced therethrough during each stroke of said pushpull reprocessor.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein said flow exceeds the total internal volume of said lumen by at least 1%.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein said container includes a volume of air of between 1-25% at said container top.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein step c) is performed at approximately 1-29 psi.
12. The method of claim 8, further including securing said instrument in a baffle plug that generates a flow between the instrument being held and an opening of the baffle plug, thereby creating a turbulent flow to clean the instrument exterior.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A data library apparatus for managing plural pieces of record media, and performing recordreproduction of data intofrom the record media, the data library apparatus being connected to a server,
the data library apparatus, comprising:
one or more data recordreproduction devices which perform the recordreproduction of the data intofrom the record media;
a record-media storage device which stores the plural pieces of record media therein;
a record-media transportation device which transports the record media between the record-media storage device and each of the data recordreproduction devices to perform receptionpass of the record media therebetween;
a memory unit which memorizes information; and
a control unit which exerts a control of
acquiring at least two pieces of load information from among data recordreproduction devices’ load information, record-media transportation device’s load information, and record media’s load information,
summarizing the acquired load information into aggregated information, and
transmitting the aggregated information to the server.
2. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
collection of the data recordreproduction devices’ load information is performed when the recordreproduction operation by the data recordreproduction devices is performed,
collection of the record-media transportation device’s load information being performed when the transportation operation by the record-media transportation device is performed,
collection of the record media’s load information being performed when accesses to the record media occur.
3. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, wherein,
when the control unit memorizes the load information into the memory unit, if already-existing load information has already existed within the memory unit,
the control unit merges the acquired load information and the already-existing load information into cumulative load information, of a load wear on the data recordreproduction devices, cumulative load information of a load wear on the record-media transportation device, and cumulative load information imposed on the record media,
the control unit then memorizing at least two pieces of the cumulative load information.
4. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the control unit collects the data recordreproduction devices’ load information, the record-media transportation device’s load information, and the record media’s load information as individual information on each device basis,
the control unit then memorizing the collected load information into the memory unit as information for indicating the load which is imposed for each device that the data library apparatus comprises.
5. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an output unit which outputs information for indicating whether or not maintenance of the data library apparatus should be performed based on the load information.
6. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the load wear on the data recordreproduction devices is estimated based on the data recordreproduction devices’ load information.
7. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the load wear on the record media is estimated based on the record media’s load information.
8. A server, comprising:
a network connection unit which establishes a connection to a network;
a record-media connection unit which establishes a connection to record media;
a data-library-apparatus connection unit which establishes a connection to one or more data library apparatuses;
a memory unit which memorizes information; and
a control unit configured to exert a control of
acquiring aggregated load information via the data-library-apparatus connection unit, and
memorizing the acquired aggregated load information into the memory unit,
wherein the aggregated load information is information aggregating at least two load information,
the load information are data recordreproduction devices’ load information of a load wear on data recordreproduction devices that each of the data library apparatuses comprises, record-media transportation device’s load information of a load wear on a record-media transportation device that each of the data library apparatuses comprises, and record media’s load information of a load wear on the record media that are set up on the data recordreproduction devices.
9. The server according to claim 8, wherein,
when the control unit memorizes the load information into the memory unit, the load information of a load wear on the data library apparatuses, if already-existing load information of a load wear on the data library apparatuses has already existed within the memory unit,
the control unit merges the acquired aggregated load information of a load wear on the data library apparatuses and the already-existing load information into cumulative load information,
the control unit then memorizing the cumulative load information into the memory unit, the cumulative load information of a load wear on the data library apparatuses.
10. The server according to claim 8, wherein,
when the control unit acquires plural pieces of load information from the plurality of data library apparatuses,
the control unit memorizes the respective plural pieces of load information in such a manner that the respective load information are divided on each data-library-apparatus basis.
11. The server according to claim 8, wherein,
when the control unit acquires plural pieces of the load information from the plurality of data library apparatuses,
the control unit summarizes each data library apparatus and the load information on each data library apparatus into aggregated load information by causing each data library apparatus and the load information to be related to each other,
the control unit then memorizing the aggregated load information into the memory unit.
12. The server according to claim 8, wherein,
before the control unit issues a recordreproduction request to the data library apparatuses,
the control unit reads the load information memorized into the memory unit,
the control unit then, based on the load information read, determining a data library apparatus, a data recordreproduction device, and a record medium that should be used for the recordreproduction processing, the data library apparatus comprising the data recordreproduction device and the record medium.
13. The server according to claim 8, wherein
the control unit is equipped with an interface for allowing a user to operate the server based on the load information memorized into the memory unit.
14. The server according to claim 8, wherein
the control unit determines an information processing mode for the load information in accordance with a selection made from a user, the load information being memorized into the memory unit.
15. A data library system for recordingreproducing data into a recording media, comprising:
a data library apparatus; and
a server,
wherein the data library apparatus comprises:
one or more data recordreproduction devices which perform the recordreproduction of the data intofrom the record media;
a record-media storage device which stores the plural pieces of record media therein;
a record-media transportation device which transports the record media between the record-media storage device and each of the data recordreproduction devices to perform receptionpass of the record media therebetween;
a memory unit which memorizes information; and
a control unit which exerts a control of
acquiring at least two pieces of load information from among data
recordreproduction devices’ load information, record-media transportation device’s load information, and record media’s load information,
summarizing acquired load information into aggregated information,
and
transmitting the load information to the server.
16. The data library apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the control unit which exerts a control of memorizing the aggregated information into the memory unit and transmitting the memorized information to the server.
17. The server according to claim 8, wherein
the aggregated load information is information aggregating at least two load information from at least two different devices.