Method of medical waste disposal
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsJohn Japuntich, Mark Brian Finnestad, Anton M. Smudde
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Abstract
A method of medical waste disposal comprising (a) positioning an open end of a container relative to a hood assembly such that the hood assembly substantially covers the open end of the container; (b) depositing medical waste in the container through a passage defined by the hood assembly until the container is at least partially full; (c) placing a lid over the open end of the container such that the open end is substantially closed; (d) disposing of the container; (e) sterilizing the hood assembly; and (f) repeating step (a).
Claims16
A method of medical waste disposal comprising the steps of:
- (a) positioning a container within an outer enclosure and relative to a hood assembly whereby the container is enclosed within the outer enclosure and an open end of the container is substantially covered by the hood assembly;
- (b) depositing medical waste in the container through a passage defined by the hood assembly until the container is at least partially full;
- (c) placing a lid over the open end of the container such that the open end is substantially closed;
- (d) removing the container from the enclosure and disposing of the container;
- (e) sterilizing the hood assembly;
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- (f) repeating step (a).
A method of medical waste disposal comprising:
- (a) positioning an open end of a container relative to a hood assembly such that the hood assembly substantially covers the open end of the container;
- (b) depositing medical waste in the container through a passage defined by the hood assembly until the container is at least partially full;
- (c) placing a lid over the open end of the container such that the open end is substantially closed;
- (d) disposing of the container;
- (e) sterilizing the hood assembly;
- (f) repeating step (a);
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- (g) providing an external enclosure having an upper body pivotal relative to a lower body and positioning the container in the lower body with the hood assembly supported by the upper body such that the hood assembly is pivotal relative to the container and wherein the external enclosure further comprises an access door securable relative to the upper and lower bodies such that the hood assembly and the container are restrained within the enclosure when the door is secured.
A method of medical waste disposal comprising the steps of:
- a) positioning a container within an outer enclosure;
- b) mounting a hood assembly relative to the outer enclosure;
- c) depositing medical waste in the container through a passage of the hood assembly;
- d) removing the container from the enclosure;
- e) disposing of the container;
- f) sterilizing the hood assembly to provide a sterilized hood assembly;
- g) mounting the sterilized hood assembly relative to the outer enclosure;
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- h) repeating at least steps c-e.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.