Cleaning system for an image plate readout device
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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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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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24 Claims
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1. A method of disinfecting a readout device having a reader unit that reads an imaging medium, the method comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of disinfecting a readout device having a reader unit that reads an imaging medium, the method comprising:
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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 interior of the readout device when the imaging medium is absent from inside the readout device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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