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Becton Dickinson and Company Limited

Todd Zielinski

David R Schiff

Amit Uday Limaye

Marian Morys

Moishe Garfinkle

Glenn Smollinger

Nick McGill

Induction heating from an induction coil () is used to separate a metal medical sharp () from its holder () by applying a high-frequency oscillating magnetic field that excites eddy currents and resistance heating in the sharp. The heated metal sharp melts the adhesive or plastic securing the sharp to its holder. The use of induction heating is advantageous in that it does not require direct contact between the electrical circuit and the sharp or its holder. The heating can also act to sterilize the sharp and thereby render it less hazardous at the same time that it separates the sharp from its holder. The induction coil can have a stepped or conical shape to concentrate the RF energy at the interface between the metal sharp and its holder.

Induction heating circuit for medical sharps removal device

A portable weighing device comprising two laterally displaced, electrically connected and rigidly aligned weighing modules is disclosed that permits convenient weighing of the mobility-disabled while occupying a conventional manually-operated wheelchair supported by two front caster wheels and two rear main wheels. The weighing platforms are so contoured that the wheelchair wheels can roll smoothly onto and off of the weighing platforms without disturbing the weighing device. The weighing device fully guides the operator through the sequence of steps required to weight the occupant of a wheelchair.

Portable weighing device for the mobility-disabled

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Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Todd Zielinski