Surgical washing device

Claim 1

A washing device operable to be used to effectively and efficiently scrub the arms, hands and fingers of an individual so as to effect a sterilization thereof comprising: a. an enclosure for the operating components of the washing device including a base, a detachable cover, and means mounting said detachable cover on said base, said detachable cover including one wall having at least a pair of openings formed therein and means supported in each of said pair of openings for movement between a first position and a second position relative thereto and operable in said first position to provide a closure for each of said pair of openings and in said second position thereof to permit the fingers, hands and arms of an individual to be inserted through said pair of openings; b. brush means mounted for rotation in said enclosure, said brush means including a plurality of upper brushes, a plurality of lower brushes, a center brush and first means supporting said plurality of upper brushes, said plurality of lower brushes and said center brush in said enclosure with the major axes of all of said plurality of upper brushes, said plurality of lower brushes and said center brush extending horizontally and with said plurality of upper brushes, said plurality of lower brushes and said center brush positioned relative to each other so as to form a horizontally extending passage located on each side of said center brush between said plurality of upper brushes and said plurality of lower brushes and aligned with said pair of openings in said wall of said cover for receiving therewithin for engagement with said plurality of upper brushes, said plurality of lower brushes and said center brush the fingers, hands and arms of an individual after the fingers, hands and arms of the individual have been passed through said pair of openings in said wall of said cover, said brush means further including a plurality of fingertip brushes and second means supporting said plurality of fingertip brushes in said enclosure with the major axis of each of said plurality of fingertip brushes extending at right angles to the major axis of each of said plurality of upper brushes, said plurality of lower brushes and said center brush and with said plurality of fingertip brushes being positioned so as to have the major axes thereof aligned with but extending at right angles to said horizontally extending passages formed on either side of said center brush for engagement thereby with the fingertips of the fingers of an individual when the arms, hands and fingers thereof are located within said horizontally extending passages; c. drive means supported within said enclosure including electrical motor means and means drivingly interconnecting said electrical motor means with said plurality of upper brushes, said plurality of lower brushes, said center brush and said plurality of fingertip brushes for imparting rotation thereto from said electrical motor means; and d. fluid dispensing means including conduit means having a multiplicity of openings formed therein and means supporting said conduit means in said enclosure in spaced relation to said horizontally extending passages formed on either side of said center brush, said conduit means being operable to dispense fluid through said multiplicity of openings thereof to spray the interior of said enclosure therewith to cause the fluid to be applied to the arms, hands and fingers of an individual when positioned within said horizontally extending passages.