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US 5,749,376 AGranted
Medical treatment and waste disposal method
OwnerPeter J. Wilk, Charles L. Knoll +1inventors
InventorsPeter J. Wilk, Charles L. Knoll, Eugene Wexler
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Abstract
A medical method utilizes a medical instrument such as a suturing needle made of biocompatible material. In addition, a medical operating room is provided with a container of a solvent fluidic material. During a medical procedure, the instrument is used to operate on a patient in the operating room. Upon completed use of the instrument, it is deposited in the container in the operating room, whereupon the instrument dissolves in the container.
Claims10
A medical method comprising the steps of:
- providing a medical instrument made of a biocompatible material;
- also providing, in the same room as a patient, a container of a fluidic material which is a solvent for said biocompatible material, said container being other than or different from said patient;
- using said medical instrument in a medical procedure on the patient in said room;
- upon completed use of said instrument, depositing said instrument in said container in said room;
- and
- dissolving said instrument in said container.
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A medical method comprising the steps of:
- providing a medical instrument made of biocompatible material;
- also providing a container holding a liquid substance;
- using said instrument to operate on a patient, said container being other than or different from said patient;
- upon completed use of said instrument, depositing said instrument in said container;
- and
- dissolving said instrument in said liquid substance in said container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.