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US 6,248,985 B1Granted
Apparatus and method for the disinfection of medical waste in a continuous manner
AssigneeStericycle, Inc.
InventorAnthony J. Tomasello
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Abstract
A method of processing medical waste which includes the steps of continuously feeding medical waste into a tube and heating the medical waste passing through the tube with electromagnetic radiation so as to heat and disinfect the medical waste.
Claims16
An apparatus for processing medical waste comprising:
- an extruder, the extruder configured to receive medical waste and continuously press the medical waste into a continuous tube of medical waste;
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- a source of electromagnetic radiation positioned outside of the continuous tube of medical waste, wherein the the source of electromagnetic radiation generates electromagnetic radiation that heats and disinfects the continuous tube to produce a disinfected continuous tube of medical waste.
An apparatus for processing medical waste comprising:
- an extruder the extruder configured to receive medical waste and continuously press the medical waste;
- a fixed tube, the fixed tube having a first end and a second end, the fixed tube having an expanding diameter wherein the diameter is greater at the second end than at the first end, and wherein the fixed tube is positioned to receive the medical waste from the extruder at the first end and form a continuous tube of medical waste;
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- a source of electromagnetic radiation positioned outside the fixed tube wherein the source of electromagnetic radiation is configured to generate electromagnetic radiation that heats and disinfects the continuous tube of medical waste to produce a disinfected continuous tube of medical waste.
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