Stryker Corporation

Grant T Westphal

Stephen J Reasoner

Stephen Isham

Michael Zollinger

Brian MacLachlan

Michael Peterson

Mark A Wasserman

Sean A Murray

Brent S Lalomia

Chamara L Gamhewage

Michael Hammond

Andy Staats

Rachel Wallace

Jacob C Foor

Troy E Durnell

Glen D Rocque

Noah Needler

Fernando Erismann

Peter LaDuke

Sean Murray

Brooke Mason

Caitlynn Roy

Chamara Gamhewage

Brian Maclachlan

Stephen P Isham

Brandon A Scanlon

Joseph P Iii Hepp

Iii Hepp Joseph P

Joseph P Hepp Iii

A medical waste collection system includes a medical waste collection device for providing suction at a surgical site, and a manifold releasably couplable to the medical waste collection device. The manifold defines a pathway through which the medical waste collection device is configured to provide suction to the surgical site. The medical waste collection device is configured to control activation of suction based on a proper manifold being present.

Medical waste collection systems, manifolds, and related methods

A method of method of manufacturing a surgical waste collection manifold with a volume collected datum and a rover type to ensure compatibility with a surgical waste collection rover is provided. The surgical waste collection rover including a vacuum pump and a receiver defining an opening. The method includes obtaining a second manifold. The second manifold having a second housing defining a surface, the housing defining a second manifold volume and a second outlet opening in fluid communication with the second manifold volume. The method may further include coupling a second circuit to the surface of the second manifold, the second circuit comprising a second memory device including a third memory bank and a fourth memory bank, the third memory bank including a fifth memory field and the fourth memory bank including a sixth memory field. The method may further include programming the fifth memory field with an encrypted first hash digest based on the rover type and programming the sixth memory field with an encrypted second hash digest based on the volume collected datum.

Manifold for filtering medical waste being drawn under vacuum into a medical waste collection system and related methods

Manifold for filtering medical waste being drawn under vacuum into a medical waste collection system

A waste collection unit for collecting waste material. First and second waste containers are supported on a portable cart. A control panel is configured to receive one or more inputs of selectively set vacuum levels in the first and/or second waste containers. A control system controls operation of vacuum regulators based on the input(s) to regulate levels of vacuums being drawn in each of the waste containers. Pressure sensors in communication with the control system may be positioned to monitor pressure in the waste containers. A back up port support on the portable cart may be provided to receive a vacuum line for coupling a vacuum manifold to a remote vacuum source not located on the portable cart. Container lamps may be coupled to the first and/or second waste containers and configured to illuminate the waste material within the waste containers to be viewed through transparent windows.

Waste collection unit with a control system for regulating levels of vacuums being drawn in waste containers

A waste collection and disposal system for use in health care facilities is provided. The system includes a mobile waste collection unit for moving between use areas in the health care facility to collect waste material generated during medical procedures including body fluids, body tissues, saline, etc. The waste collection unit includes stacked upper and lower waste containers for receiving the waste material. During use, the upper waste container can be emptied into the lower waste container for temporary storage. In addition, different vacuum levels can be provided in the waste containers during complex procedures. Once a user desires to empty the waste collection unit, the waste collection unit is wheeled to a docking station. At the docking station, the waste material is off-loaded to a waste drain and the waste collection unit is cleaned and rinsed for further use.

Medical/surgical waste collection unit including waste containers of different storage volumes with inter-container transfer valve and independently controlled vacuum levels

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Kalamazoo, MI, United States of America

Grant T Westphal