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US 2006/0218001 A1Published application
Medical waste sorting system with container identification
AssigneeVesta Medical, LLC
InventorsScott Mallett, Randall Danta, Peter Regla, Alan Corey, Alan Davidner
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Abstract
A system for disposing of medical waste is generally configured to sort waste items into a plurality of disposable containers according to applicable rules and regulations governing the handling and/or disposal of such items. In some embodiments, a system comprises sorting stations, each of which houses a number of disposable containers. Each station can identify an item of waste, determine the most appropriate container for the item, and facilitate disposal of the item in the appropriate container.
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A waste system comprising:
- a station comprising a waste identification device and a plurality of container compartments and a plurality of container readers located adjacent to the container compartments, wherein the waste identification device determines different types of waste;
- a plurality of containers positioned in the container compartments, each container comprising identification means associated with at least one waste category such that the identification means is configured to indicate to at least one of the category of waste to be deposited into the container;
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- wherein the container readers are configured to read the identification means of containers positioned in the container compartments, and
- wherein the station is configured to determine the container into which waste should be deposited based on the waste category associated with the identification means.
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A waste system comprising:
- a means for sorting waste comprising a means for identifying waste and means for supporting containers within a plurality of compartments and plurality of means for reading located adjacent to the plurality of compartments wherein the means for sorting waste determines different types of waste;
- a plurality of container means for containing waste, each container means for containing comprising a means for machine identification of the means for containing wherein the means for machine identification is associated with at least one waste category such that the means for machine identification is configured to indicate to the means for reading the category of waste to be deposited into the container means;
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- wherein the means for reading read each means for machine identification of a container means positioned in the means for supporting, and wherein the means for sorting is configured to determine the means for containing into which waste should be deposited based on the waste category associated with the means for machine identification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.