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US 5,106,594 AGranted
Apparatus for processing medical waste
AssigneeStericycle, Inc.
InventorsJeffery S. Held, James W. Sharp
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for processing medical waste are disclosed. Medical waste is disintegrated or shredded, disinfected with radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation and then transformed into useful material such as reclaimed plastic and refuse-derived fuel.
Claims17
An apparatus for processing medical waste comprising:
- means for applying radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation to medical waste in an amount sufficient to disinfect the medical waste;
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- means for separating the disinfected medical waste into material comprising plastic and refuse-derived fuel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.