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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1998
Philip R Coles, Deep River, CT (US);
Other;
Abstract
A station for soaking intracavity probes is disclosed. The station includes a housing that either rests on a generally horizontal surface or mounts to a generally vertical surface, and at least two containers that are replaceably positioned in the housing and contain a disinfectant and a rinsing agent. The housing contains a container compartment that replaceably holds the at least two containers, a filter compartment in which a carbon filter resides for filtering out the noxious and/toxic fumes passing therethrough, an electrical connector compartment for holding the electrical connectors of the intracavity probes while the intracavity probes are being soaked in the at least two containers which keeps the electrical connectors safely out of the way during soaking, and a machine compartment that contains an electric fan that moves the noxious and/or toxic fumes from the container compartment through a first partition in the housing, through a second partition in the housing, through the carbon filter, through a third partition in the housing, and out through a plurality of vent holes in at least one side wall of the housing.