Apparatus and method for processing medical waste
CA 2069430 C · Owner: Sharp, James W. · Inventors: Sharp, James W.; Held, Jeffery S.
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A method and facility (12) are used to process medical waste. Medical waste is disintegrated or shredded disinfected with, radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation and then transformed into useful material such as reclaimed plastic and refuse-derived fuel. The medical waste arrives in boxes (10) and is unloaded onto a conveyor belt (14) where all boxes (10) in each load are segregated and counted. A shredder load conveyor (16) carries the boxes (10) into a pre-progressing room (10) contains the shredder (20) and a screw conveyor (22) which are designed to disintegrate medical waste into fragments and move the fragments to other containers (34) through a tunnel (40) for disinfection by the …
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- Filed September 18, 1991 and granted December 22, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 18, 2011.
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