Patent ID: 8412305

Claim:
An imaging suite comprising: a barrier wall for separating a biohazard containment region from an uncontaminated region, the barrier wall including an aperture; a selectively deployable containment vessel removably mounted to the barrier wall such that in a deployed configuration the containment vessel is sealed to the barrier wall around the aperture and extends from the biohazard containment region into the uncontaminated region; a gantry of a medical imaging device located in the uncontaminated region with an imaging region that is substantially coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the containment vessel such that in the deployed configuration, the containment vessel extends into the gantry and in an undeployed configuration the containment vessel is not in the gantry such that the gantry is available for imaging uncontaminated subjects; a subject support for supporting a subject and in a deployed configuration inserting a potentially contaminated subject from the biohazard containment region into the containment vessel and into the gantry and withdraws the subject from the containment vessel in an undeployed configuration; a cap configured to seal an opening to the containment vessel with the subject support in the undeployed configuration; a portal cover configured to seal the aperture in the barrier wall with the subject support in the undeployed configuration such that when the containment vessel is to define an air gap between the portal cover and the cap, the air gap being configured to receive a decontamination fluid.