ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,606, issued on March 25, was assigned to Resonance Technology Inc. (Northridge, Calif.).

"MRI magnet room cleaning system" was invented by Mokhtar Ziarati (North Hollywood, Calif.) and Parisa Ziarati (Granada Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner system for an MRI magnet room. The system includes a base vacuum and/r steam unit configured to supply vacuum and/or steam, the unit disposed outside the MRI magnet room. A hand-held or portable dispensing unit is substantially free of magnetic material so that it is safe to use inside the magnet room. A tubing system for conveying vacuum and/or steam from the base unit to ...