Patent ID: 6132691
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A61B,A61L,B08B

Abstract:
A station for soaking intracavity probes, wherein the intracavity probes have electrical connectors and electrical cords that connect the intracavity probes to their associated electrical connector of the electrical connectors, said station comprising:a) a housing for either resting on a generally horizontal surface or mounting to a generally vertical surface; andb) at least two containers replaceably positioned in said housing, with at least one container of said at least two containers being for containing a disinfectant in which the intracavity probes are soaked, and with another container of said at least two containers being for containing a rinse agent in which the intracavity probes are rinsed after they have been soaked;wherein said housing comprises:i) a bottom wall for resting on the generally horizontal surface;ii) a pair of side walls extending perpendicularly upwardly from said bottom wall of said housing, at its outermost edges;iii) a front cross member extending transversely from one side wall of said pair of side walls of said housing to another side wall of said pair of side walls of said housing, at their forwardmost edges, and being spaced upward of said bottom wall of said housing;iv) a top cross member extending transversely from said one side wall of said pair of side walls of said housing to said another side wall of said pair of side walls of said housing, at their uppermost edges; andv) a first partition being spaced parallelally behind said front cross member of said housing and extending perpendicularly upwardly from said bottom wall of said housing to said top cross member of said housing, at its rearwardmost edge; said first partition in said housing having a plurality of louvers therethrough being horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced-apart, and extending from substantially an elevation of said front cross member of said housing to substantially said top cross member of said housing, and being for allowing noxious and/or toxic fumes emanating from the disinfectant in said at least one container of said at least two containers in which the intracavity probes are soaked to pass therethrough.