Systems and methods for ultraviolet intra-bore treatment of medical imaging systems
AssigneeThe Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
InventorsNorman S. Butler, James J. Pilla, Gabor Mizsei, Terence Peter Gade
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Abstract
Provided are instrument treatment systems, the systems including an insertable portion, the insertable portion being configured for insertion into the bore of a medical imaging system, the insertable portion comprising at least one source of UVC radiation, the insertable portion optionally being constructed to as to be essentially non-interactive with and non-affect by a magnetic field of the medical imaging system. Also provided are related methods of operating the disclosed systems as well as methods of sanitizing the internal bore of a medical imaging system, such as a magnetic resonance system.
Claims30
An instrument treatment system, comprising:
- an insertable portion,
- the insertable portion being configured for insertion into a bore of a medical imaging system,
- the insertable portion comprising at least one source of UVC radiation,
- the insertable portion being constructed to be essentially non-interactive with and non-affected by a magnetic field of the medical imaging system.
A method, comprising:
- inserting an instrument treatment system into a bore of a medical imaging system and operating the instrument treatment system so as to eliminate an infective microorganism and/or a spore from the bore, table if present, or both of the medical imaging system,
- the instrument treatment system comprising:
- an insertable portion,
- the insertable portion being configured for insertion into the bore of the medical imaging system,
- the insertable portion comprising at least one source of UVC radiation, and
- the insertable portion being constructed to be essentially non-interactive with and non-affected by a magnetic field of the medical imaging system.
A method, comprising:
- effecting insertion of at least one source of UVC radiation into the bore of a medical imaging system;
- the at least one source of UVC radiation being essentially non-interactive with a magnetic field of the medical imaging system,
- operating the at least one source of UVC radiation so as to eliminate an infective microorganism and/or spore from at least a portion of the bore and/or table, if present, of the medical imaging system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.