Wall mountable retainer for medical sharps
OwnerJohn Allegrettiinventor
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Abstract
A retainer having a waste container for disposing medical sharps, the retainer including a housing defining a chamber, the waste container being disposed in the chamber, an opening disposed on the housing and above the chamber, a receiving device having an open upper end and a lower end which engages the opening, and a guide plate having a solid portion and an aperture and being disposed in the chamber, the guide plate being constructed and arranged to move by user actuation between a closed position wherein at least a portion of the solid portion is generally aligned with the opening and an open position wherein the aperture is generally aligned with the opening.
Claims20
A retainer having a waste container for disposed medical sharps, the retainer comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber, the waste container being disposed in said chamber;
- an opening disposed on said housing and above said chamber;
- a receiving device having an open upper end and a lower end which engages said opening;
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- a guide plate having a solid portion and an aperture and being disposed in said chamber, said guide plate being constructed and arranged to move by user actuation between a closed position wherein at least a portion of said solid portion is generally aligned with said opening and an open position wherein said aperture is generally aligned with said opening.
A retainer having a waste container for disposed medical sharps, the retainer comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber, the waste container being disposed in said chamber;
- an opening disposed on said housing and above said chamber;
- a receiving device having an open upper end and lower end which engages said opening, said receiving device being configured for temporarily holding at least one of the medical sharps;
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- a guide plate having a solid portion and an aperture and being disposed in said chamber, said guide plate being constructed and arranged to move by user actuation between a closed position wherein at least a portion of said solid portion is generally aligned with said opening and an open position wherein said aperture is generally aligned with said opening, wherein the at least one medical sharp moves from the receiving device to the waste container upon movement of said guide plate from said closed position to said open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.