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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2018
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stephen J. Reasoner, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Chamara Gamhewage, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Glen D. Rocque, Portage, MI (US);
STRYKER CORPORATION, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A medical/surgical waste collection rover includes a first waste container disposed on a portable cart and receiving waste under the influence of a vacuum. A fluid measuring system includes a float element disposed within the first waste container, and a controller causing liquid in a reservoir disposed on the cart to prefill the first waste container and subject the float element to an initial lifting to a zero point level. The fluid measuring system determines a volume of contents within the first waste container based on a position of the float element relative to the zero point level. The fluid measuring system may include a sensor rod extending through the first waste container and a second waste container disposed on the cart and separated from the first waste container by a transfer valve. Methods of estimating the volume of liquid and/or medical/surgical waste within the waste container are also provided.