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Cleaning system for an image plate readout device

  • US 9,770,522 B2
  • Filed: 10/01/2014
  • Issued: 09/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of disinfecting a readout device having a reader unit that reads an imaging medium, the method comprising:

  • conveying with a conveyor mechanism the imaging medium to and from the reader unit inside the readout device;

    identifying an absence of the imaging medium inside the readout device;

    emitting, from a disinfecting element, radiation capable of destroying disease carriers onto the conveyor mechanism and an interior of the readout device when the imaging medium is absent from inside the readout device.

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