Apparatus and method for electrically disposing of hypodermic needle
AssigneeIntermagic Corporation
InventorsGil-wan Cho, Kyung-nam Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for electrically disposing of a hypodermic needle, which provide electric power to the hypodermic needle to generate heat and eliminate the needle with the heat, comprising: an insertion hole through which the hypodermic needle is inserted; an electrode plate which comes into contact with the hypodermic needle being inserted, to provide it with electric power; an electrode wing which comes into contact with the hypodermic needle to melt and eliminate it, the electrode wing having a polarity opposite to that of the electrode plate; a motor for turning the electrode wing; and a controller for controlling the motor.
Claims8
An apparatus for electrically disposing of a hypodermic needle, comprising:
- an insertion hole through which the hypodermic needle is inserted;
- an electrode plate which comes in contact with the inserted hypodermic needle and provides the inserted hypodermic needle with electric power;
- an electrode wing which comes in contact with the inserted hypodermic needle and melts and eliminates the needle, the electrode wing having a polarity opposite to that of the electrode plate;
- a motor for turning the electrode wing;
- a controller for controlling the motor;
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- a spring means for allowing the electrode plate and the inserted needle to come in close contact with each other.
An apparatus for electrically disposing of a hypodermic needle, comprising:
- an insertion hole through which the hypodermic needle is inserted;
- an electrode plate which comes in contact with the inserted hypodermic needle and provides the inserted hypodermic needle with electric power;
- an electrode wing which comes in contact with the inserted hypodermic needle and melts and eliminates the needle, the electrode wing having a polarity opposite to that of the electrode plate;
- a motor for turning the electrode wing;
- a controller for controlling the motor;
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- a sensor for sensing a signal indicating that the needle is being inserted through the insertion hole and delivering said signal to the controller.
A method for electrically disposing of a hypodermic needle, comprising the steps of:
- sensing if the hypodermic needle is inserted to come into contact with an electrode plate;
- upon sensing of insertion of the hypodermic needle, controlling a motor by a controller to drive it;
- turning an electrode wing by the motor to allow it to come into contact with the needle, to thereby heat and eliminate the needle, the electrode wing having a polarity opposite to that of the electrode plate;
- controlling the motor by the controller with an electric signal sent by a closed circuit consisting of the hypodermic needle, the electrode plate and the electrode wing;
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- upon the electrode wing reaching a predetermined position, controlling the motor by the controller to reverse the electrode wing to return it to its initial position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.