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US 8,506,899 B2Granted
Waste processing
AssigneeInfection Management, Inc.
InventorRobert D. Kodis
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Abstract
Disinfection of waste can be carried out by applying sufficient vacuum to suck waste pieces through a processing system, the vacuum creating a wind inside the system that sweeps up the waste pieces, suspends them in air, and keeps them separate from one another, thereby exposing substantially all surfaces of the waste pieces to the sprayed disinfectant.
Claims19
A system for disinfecting waste, the system comprising:
- a trough that receives waste pieces and that comprises one or more disinfectant inlets;
- a source of disinfectant that is in fluid communication with the one or more disinfectant inlets to spray onto the waste pieces a liquid disinfectant that kills pathogens on contact;
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- a circulation system that applies sufficient vacuum through the trough to suck waste therethrough, agitate the waste pieces, and sweep the waste pieces up in a wind that suspends the waste pieces and keeps the waste pieces separate from one another as the waste pieces are being sprayed with the disinfectant, thereby exposing substantially all surfaces of the waste pieces to the disinfectant, coating the waste pieces with disinfectant, and disinfecting the waste pieces.
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