Medical waste processing including densification
OwnerJames R. Harkess, Thomas Harkess +1inventors
InventorsJames R. Harkess, Thomas Harkess, Karl Niemiec
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Abstract
The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods and apparatus for processing medical waste to form feedstock useable in the manufacture of other products, such as diesel, gas, plastics, and the like. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may heat the medical waste to sanitize the medical waste; provide the sanitized medical waste to a densifier; and process, at the densifier, by heating and shredding the sanitized medical waste to form a feedstock. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- heating medical waste to sanitize the medical waste;
- providing the sanitized medical waste to a densifier;
- and
- processing, at the densifier, by heating and shredding the sanitized medical waste to form a feedstock.
A system comprising:
- a heat-treatment apparatus configured to sanitize medical waste;
- a coupler configured to receive sanitized waste and transport the sanitized medical waste;
- and
- a densifier to process the sanitized medical waste into a feedstock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.