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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Palodex Group Oy, Tuusula, FI;
Inventors:
Jari Taskinen, Tuusula, FI;
Markus Weber, Espoo, FI;
Jarto Luotola, Espoo, FI;
Douglas Woods, Franklin, WI (US);
Markus Gygax, Zofingen, CH;
Assignee:
PaloDEx Group Oy, Tuusula, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/02 (2006.01); A61L 2/02 (2006.01); A61L 2/025 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/04 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/02 (2013.01); A61L 2/025 (2013.01); A61L 2/08 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/04 (2013.01); A61L 2/082 (2013.01);
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.