Biological fluid container shredder
AssigneeGovernment of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorJoshua D. Bevins
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Abstract
A device for disposing of a container having a biological fluid contained therein. The device includes a housing having a first end and a second end. Proximate the first end is an opening through which the container is received. A shredding chamber, between the opening and the second end and within the housing, is configured to break the container into a plurality of pieces. A collection grid is positioned between the shredding chamber and the second end and within the housing. The collection grid is slidable with respect to the housing and is porous to the biological fluid and not to the plurality of pieces. A port, proximate the second end, is configured form removal of the biological fluid from the housing.
Claims15
A device fur disposing of a container having a biological fluid contained therein, the device comprising:
- a housing having a first end and a second end;
- an opening, proximate the first end of the housing and is configured to receive the container therethrough;
- a shredding chamber within the housing and between the opening and the second end, the shredding chamber is configured to break the container into a plurality of pieces;
- a collection grid in sliding relation to the housing between the shredding chamber and the second end, the collection grid being, porous to the biological fluid and not porous to the plurality of pieces;
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- a port fluidically coupled to the housing, proximate the second end, is configured to remove the biological fluid from the housing.
A device for disposing of a container having a biological fluid contained therein, the device comprising:
- a housing having a first end and a second end;
- an opening proximate the first end of the housing and is configured to receive the container:
- a shredding chamber within the housing and between the opening and the second end, the shredding chamber configured to break the container into a plurality of pieces;
- a collection grid within the housing and between the shredding, chamber and the second end, the collection grid being porous to the biological fluid and not porous to the plurality of pieces;
- a fluid collection chamber within the housing and between the collection grid and the second end;
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- a refrigeration unit operably coupled to the housing and is configured to reduce a temperature therein.
A method of disposing of biological fluid containers having biological fluids therein in a shredder, the shredder comprising a housing having a first end and a second end, the method comprising:
- depositing biological fluid containers through an opening in the housing proximate the first end such that the biological fluid containers engage a shredder head configured to break the biological fluid containers into a plurality of pieces;
- removing a collection grid from the housing, the collection grid having the plurality of pieces thereon;
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- removing the biological fluid proximate the second end of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.