Medical waste treatment system
CA 2102913 A1 · Owner: Mennel, David B. · Inventors: Rapp, Jeffrey C.; Mennel, David B.; Wilson, Joseph H.
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A method and apparatus for the treatment of contaminated medical waste, including solid and non-solid, potentially infectious materials, permits the collection of such medical waste at the point and at the time of its generation in a solid container (201) which is subsequently transported for pulverization disinfection, and safe disposal. A separate portable processing chamber (151) with an integral means to treat medical waste is used at locations, remote from its power unit for the collection of medical waste and then moved to the location of the power unit to drive the waste-treatment means within the chamber. The separate waste collection and treatment assembly includes a closable …
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- Filed May 21, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 21, 2012.
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