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US 2011/0071230 A1Published application
Medical Devices Formed From Recycled Medical Waste and Methods of Manufacture
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorRichard Ji
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Abstract
Methods of reclaiming plastic from plastic medical waste containers containing medical waste and manufacturing recycled medical devices are described. Recycled medical devices made from plastic medical waste containers containing medical waste are also described.
Claims21
A method of making a recycled medical device comprising:
- obtaining plastic resin from a sterile shredded plastic medical waste material recovered from a mixture of plastic medical waste containers containing medical waste in which shredding and sterilizing are performed substantially simultaneously;
- and
- forming the plastic resin into the recycled medical device.
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Plastic resin obtained from reclaimed sterile shredded plastic medical waste material.
A method of recycling used medical material comprising:
- coordinating supply of medical waste containers to a medical facility;
- coordinating collection of used medical waste containers from the medical facility;
- coordinating reclamation of plastics from the used medical waste containers to provide reclaimed plastic;
- coordinating manufacture of recycled medical devices from the reclaimed plastic;
- and
- coordinating supply of the recycled medical devices to the medical facility.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.