Patent ID: 8087737
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
1. An ergonomic filmless radiology work station at which a radiologist can study medical images that have been captured in digital form and displayed on one or more monitors, comprising: a base adapted to rest upon a floor; at least one pedestal arrangement extending vertically upward from the base; a front work platform adjustably supported from said at least one pedestal arrangement, the platform having a central area on an upper surface thereof adapted for placement of one or more interface control devices to be manipulated by the radiologist; a rear work platform situated rearward of and elevated in respect to said front work platform, and adjustably supported from said at least one pedestal arrangement, said rear work platform being adapted to support one or more monitors for display of said medical images; motorized height adjustment means operatively coupled to said front work platform and said rear work platform for controllably positioning said work platforms respectively at desired heights above said base; control means coupled to said motorized height adjustment means, and actuable by said radiologist, permitting the radiologist to control the motorized height adjustment means for moving each of said front work platform and said rear work platform upward and downward; a keyboard sanitizer device mounted at an underside of said rear work platform, including a slide mounted on said rear work platform; an upper support portion mounted on said slide and adapted to be pulled forward to an extended position and pushed in to a retracted position beneath the rear work platform; at least one UV generator lamp positioned on said upper support portion; and a curtain surrounding said support portion and depending downward therefrom to contain radiation of said at least on UV generator lamp; such that when said keyboard sanitizer device is pulled out it is positioned over said central area, and when the at least one UV lamp is energized the at least one UV generating lamp irradiates the central area with sanitizing UV radiation; and electrical interlock means operatively coupled to said keyboard sanitizer device and to said motorized height adjustment means such that when said keyboard sanitizer device is pulled out to the extended position, the interlock means disables said motorized height adjustment means so that the height of the front and rear work platforms cannot be adjusted; and when said keyboard sanitizer device is pushed in to its retracted position said interlock means disables said keyboard sanitizer device so that the at least one UV generator lamp is prevented from generating said UV radiation.