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Popular Photography May 2010 (Malestrom)

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In order that probe 12 may be exposed to a suitable disinfecting fluid for killing organisms on the probe, container 10 may be filled to a desired level with the disinfecting fluid covering all exposed surfaces of the probe, or the fluid may be sprayed on the probe 12. See the Sanford et al patent discussed above. According to the invention, in order to prevent the disinfecting fluid from wetting and possibly corroding the contacts 24 of connector 18, or otherwise damaging the probe by contacting the contacts, the cable connector 18 is sealingly secured to a dummy connector 20 formed in the floor of the container 10 (as shown), or in a wall thereof. Dummy connector 20 receives connector 18 in essentially the same manner as do cooperating connectors of external equipment in normal use, e.g., for supplying drive signals to the probe 12 and receiving return signals therefrom.

More specifically, cable connector 18 is received by dummy connector 20 such that the dummy connector 20 is sealed to a portion of the external housing of the cable connector 18, and exposure of the contacts of the connector 18 to the disinfecting fluid is prevented. For example, a resilient sealing member 32 may be retained by the dummy connector 20 in order to be sealed to a mating surface of a ferrule 26 surrounding the electrical contact elements 24 of the cable connector, for example, contact pins of paired contact elements adapted to receive pins of a cooperating connector. See FIG. 2.

Typically, the dummy connector 20 will physically resemble the cooperating connector on associated external equipment, or on an interconnecting cable, so that the dummy connector receives the cable connector 18 in substantially the same manner as would a cooperating connector. The term \"substantially\" as used in this context reflects the fact that normally it will not be necessary to provide electronic contact between the dummy connector 20 and the contacts 24 of the cable connector 18, although mating contacts might be provided in dummy connector 20; a simple electrical circuit could then be provided to permit verification of the proper positioning of cable connector 18 within dummy connector 20. The cable connector 18 may be secured in place within the dummy connector 20 by the same locking mechanism (exemplified by operating lever 22) as employed in use of the probe to secure the cable connector 18 to associated equipment, or to an intermediate cable.

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