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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Ultimed Inc., Excelsior, MN (US);
Thomas E. Erickson, Crosslake, MN (US);
James J. Erickson, Mound, MN (US);
Thomas P. Sauro, Rosemount, MN (US);
ULTIMED INC., Excelsior, MN (US);
Abstract
A sharps container for safe storage of used pen needles, pen needle assemblies, syringe needles, syringe needle covers, and combinations thereof having a substantially non-porous housing which includes a receiver which receives and actively conveys external pen needles, pen needle assemblies, syringe needles, syringe needle covers, and combinations thereof into the interior of the housing; an internal storage compartment sized to facilitate the safe storage of a plurality of used pen needles or syringe needles and optional needle covers. The internal storage compartment including a material capable of absorbing and storing fluids which may incidentally be associated with the used pen needles or syringe needles. The receiver for pen needles, pen needle assemblies, syringe needles, syringe needle covers, and combinations thereof is visually distinguished from the surrounding portions of the housing by one or both of having a different color or different color patterning relative to the surrounding housing.