Medical waste disposal system

A disposal system for the grinding, sorting, and sanitization of medical waste with sanitizing liquid, said system comprising:

• a hollow housing, which has a top end, a bottom end, and a side wall interconnecting said two ends, having an entrance with a liquid inlet for said medical waste provided near said top end, and an exit provided at said side wall and near said bottom end;
• a grinding means for grinding said medical waste disposed in said housing including a top inlet portion connected to said entrance of said housing, and a bottom outlet portion, the ground medical waste including lighter and heavier fragments after being ground;
• a receiving means provided in said housing including a first container provided under said outlet portion of said grinding means, said first container pivotally connected to said housing so as to be rotated out of said exit of said housing, said first container having a top open end, a bottom liquid outlet, a strainer therein, and a sensor to determine the level of said liquid contained therein;
• a second container removably mounted in said first container having a top open end opening to said outlet portion of said grinding means for receiving said liquid, said lighter and heavier fragments of medical waste;
• means for guiding said liquid and said lighter fragments of medical waste from said second container into said first container including means for preventing said lighter fragments of medical waste in said first container from flowing back said second container;
• and means for communicating said liquid in said first and second containers to obtain equal levels of liquid in both said first container and said second container;
• means for returning said liquid from said first container to said entrance of said housing;
• means for discharging said liquid out from said first container;
• an electrical control means provided in said housing for activating said grinding means for a first predetermined period of time, delivering said liquid from said liquid inlet to said entrance of said housing when said medical waste poured into said entrance is ground by said grinding means, stopping the flow of said liquid from said liquid inlet to said entrance and activating said returning means when said sensor determines that the liquid level in said first container has reached a desired level, deactivating said returning means when said grinding means is deactivated after the first predetermined period of time, and actuating said discharging means when said medical waste is soaked in said liquid contained in said receiving means after a second predetermined period of time.