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US 2001/0019023 A1Published application
Disposal unit for medical sharps
AssigneeHetex Holdings, LLC
InventorsRichard Berkeley Britton, Malcolm Philemon Woodward
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Abstract
This disposal unit comprises a means for applying a dissolvent to medical sharps, thereby converting the hazardous and possibly contaminated sharps into metallic ions existing in solution within the dissolvent. The dissolvent is absorbed in a perforatable pad and the sharp is plunged into the pad to effect its disposal. After the sharp has been dissolved, the syringe or handle for the sharp falls into an antiseptic solution and is disinfected. After disinfectation, a net facilitates removal of the residual plastic parts for recycling.
Claims9
A disposal unit for medical sharps comprising:
- a liquid solution absorbed in reticular passages of a three dimensional, perforatable block or pad inert to said solution,
- said liquid solution being a chemical dissolvent capable of dissolving metallic medical sharps,
- the block or pad being used for the insertion and disposal of medical sharps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.