Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1996-07-31
1998-04-21
Yasko, John D.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604187, 219 68, A61M 500
Patent
active
057412308
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a syringe sterilization and disposal unit which utilizes a micro-processor controlled artificial intelligence for operation of the necessary functions to render a used syringe safe for disposal. The syringe sterilization unit includes an "opto-sensor" for signaling the positioning of the syringe for further clamping and processing operations. The lure of a syringe to be processed is exposed to heat from the heat heads to effect separation of the needle. The needle tip gripper jaw heads extract the syringe needle from the syringe body. The heat heads are further used to compress the lure of the syringe body to seal the syringe cavity. The extracted needle is then heated by a needle tip contactor for sterilization whereupon the needle and the sealed syringe cavity are then positioned into an appropriate bin for disposal and/or recycling.
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