US 12,257,606 B2
MRI magnet room cleaning system
Mokhtar Ziarati, North Hollywood, CA (US); and Parisa Ziarati, Granada Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Resonance Technology, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed by Resonance Technology, Inc., Northridge, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,339.
Application 17/872,339 is a continuation of application No. 16/694,175, filed on Nov. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,396,035.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355349 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B08B 15/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/28 (2006.01)
CPC B08B 15/002 (2013.01) [G01R 33/28 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaner system for an MRI installation including a magnet room and an equipment room, the system comprising:
a base unit configured to supply vacuum and steam, the unit disposed outside the MRI magnet room;
a hand-held or portable dispensing unit substantially free of magnetic material for use inside the magnet room, the unit including a dispensing tool for delivering vacuum and steam;
a tubing system for conveying vacuum and steam from the base unit to the handheld unit, the tubing system including a magnet room portion configured for disposition inside the magnet room, the magnet room portion substantially free of magnetic material;
a control panel inside the magnet room configured to generate control signals to allow the user to control the base unit;
a communication link configured to communicate the control signals generated by user manipulation of the control panel inside the magnet room to the base unit to control the base unit remotely away from the base unit, the communication link including a signal controller interface in communication with the control panel and mounted to a penetration panel in a wall between the magnet room and the equipment room.