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US 5,209,411 AGranted
Decontamination of medical waste
AssigneeCox Sterile Products, Inc.
InventorsChristopher P. Dineley, Robert A. Kolstad
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Abstract
Method for decontaminating medical waste by comminuting it and contacting the comminuted waste with an antimicrobial agent.
Claims1
A method for decontaminating medical waste comprising:
- comminuting the waste to an extent that substantially all surfaces of the waste are available for contact by an antimicrobial agent,
- passing a gaseous antimicrobial agent countercurrently to and through the comminuted waste while tumbling the waste sufficient to intimately contact the comminuted waste with the antimicrobial agent,
- then passing the antimicrobial agent countercurrently to and through the uncomminuted waste,
- then regenerating the antimicrobial agent, and
- passing the regenerated antimicrobial agent through comminuted waste.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.