Sharps disposal system

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1995-06-06

1997-06-17

Watts, Douglas D.

Solid material comminution or disintegration

Apparatus

With automatic control

241 46017, 241DIG38, B02C 432

Patent

active

056390319

ABSTRACT:
A sharps disposal apparatus is provided for reducing contaminated medical sharps into unrecognizable, ordinary waste. The disposal apparatus comprises a disposal unit including a disposer, disposable waste receptacle, and sterilant recycling system. During the destruction and sterilization operation, the sterilant recycling system introduces sterilant into the disposer to sterilize the contaminated medical sharps while the disposer is grinding the sharps into small fragments. Once the medical waste is reduced to small fragments and is sterilized, the reduced waste is deposited in the disposable waste receptacle. Excess disinfectant flows through the waste receptacle and is recovered by a reservoir to be recycled. After the waste receptacle is full, the waste receptacle is easily removed from disposal unit, without the reduced medical waste coming into contact with human hands, and is disposed as ordinary waste.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3194505 (1965-07-01), Spackman
patent: 3386668 (1968-06-01), Shepherd
patent: 5054696 (1991-10-01), Mennel et al.

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