Apparatus for the disinfection of medical instruments

A disinfection cradle for disinfecting a diagnostic apparatus, the disinfection cradle comprising:

• a base having a flat bottom surface for positioning the cradle on a surface;
• a receptacle disposed on a top surface of the cradle which receives a bottom portion of the diagnostic apparatus, wherein the diagnostic apparatus comprises a housing and a test strip port on the bottom portion of the diagnostic apparatus in the housing, wherein a size and shape of the receptacle approximate a size and shape of a bottom portion of the housing;
• a UV LED positioned in the receptacle such that when the diagnostic apparatus is received in the receptacle, the UV LED is in an alignment with the test strip port of the diagnostic apparatus to administer a disinfection cycle to the test strip port of the diagnostic apparatus;
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• a transparent window positioned between the UV LED and the test strip port when the diagnostic apparatus is positioned in the receptacle and configured to act as a light pipe to focus UV radiation from the UV LED positioned behind the transparent window to the test strip port of the diagnostic apparatus.