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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2017
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
David A. Maness, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Brian James Vanderwoude, Portage, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
A pharmaceutical waste system for treating a residual pharmaceutical composition disposed in a pharmaceutical dispenser includes an extraction stage, a pharmaceutical dispenser coupler, and a pharmaceutical waste treatment stage. The extraction stage is in fluid communication with the pharmaceutical dispenser and is configured to extract at least a portion of the residual pharmaceutical composition from the pharmaceutical dispenser. The pharmaceutical dispenser coupler is configured to couple the pharmaceutical dispenser to the extraction stage. The pharmaceutical waste treatment stage is in fluid communication with the extraction stage and is configured to change the residual pharmaceutical waste composition extracted from the pharmaceutical dispenser in one of a chemical and physical manner. The present disclosure also provides a method of disposing of a residual pharmaceutical composition from a pharmaceutical dispenser.