Cleaning system for an image plate readout device
US9770522B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2/082
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of disinfecting a readout device having a reader unit that reads an imaging medium, the method comprising: identifying an absence of the imaging medium from the inside of the readout device; and emitting, from a disinfecting element, radiation capable of destroying disease carriers onto an the interior of the readout device when the imaging medium is absent from inside the readout device.
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