Method and Apparatus for the Disposal of Waste Fluids
AssigneeAllegiance Corporation
InventorsThomas L. MICHAELS, Kenneth Horton, JR., Shannon C. Ingram
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Abstract
An innovative method and apparatus for disposing of waste fluids, especially human body fluids such as are generated during surgery, into a hospital's sanitary sewer system is provided. A conduit system is adapted to transport waste fluid from a receptacle to a sanitary sewer using an eductor having a venturi device. The conduit system includes first and second conduits. First and second connectors are used to easily connect the first conduit to the second conduit. The second connector includes a flap that acts as a check valve.
Claims6
A conduit means adapted to transport associated waste fluid from an associated receptacle, comprising;
- a first conduit having a first end adapted to receive the associated waste fluid from the associated receptacle and a second end, wherein the first conduit is adapted to be substantially received within the associated receptacle;
- and,
- a first connector attached to the second end of the first conduit, the first connector having an outer wall and an inner wall that protrudes above the outer wall, the inner wall for use in attaching the first connector to an associated second connector, wherein an upper end of the outer wall has at least one scallop formed thereon to provide a channel for air to flow through.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.