PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning apparatus which dissolves the problem that a conventional cleaning and sterilizing apparatus is heavy equipment and also requires severely carrying out maintenance, or that a conventional sterilizing apparatus is not suitable for sterilizing a medical instrument used for an operation.SOLUTION: The cleaning apparatus has a storage tank 10 having a pot part 12 in which the instrument to be cleaned is dipped and a heater 14 for heating is arranged, jet nozzles 20, 20 for jetting a cleaning water heated in the pot part 12 toward a supply and discharge means and the ceiling surface of a cover part 18, an ultrasonic transmitter 16 for ultrasonic cleaning, a pump for sending the cleaning liquid to the jet nozzles 20, 20 after the cleaning liquid, stored in the storage tank 10 so that a part of the instrument given the ultrasonic-wave cleaning is exposed, is heated in the pot part 12, and a control means for controlling the supply and discharge means so that a desired amount of the cleaning water using for each cleaning is stored in the storage tank 10.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】重装備で且つ維持管理も厳格に行うことを要する従来の洗浄・滅菌装置、或いは手術に用いた医療器具の殺菌には不適当な従来の殺菌装置の課題を解決する。【解決手段】洗浄対象の器具が浸漬、且つ加熱するヒータ14が設けられたポット部12を具備する貯留タンク10と、給排出手段と蓋部18の天井面に向けて、ポット部12で加熱された洗浄水を噴射する噴射ノズル20,20と、超音波洗浄を施す超音波発信装置16と、前記超音波洗浄を施した器具の一部が露出するように貯留タンク10に貯留された洗浄水をポット部12で加熱して噴射ノズル20,20に送液するポンプとを備え、且つ貯留タンク10内に各洗浄に用いる所定量の洗浄水を貯留するように前記給排手段を制御する制御手段を具備することを特徴とする。【選択図】図1
