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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Surgical Device Innovations, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Jorge Casas-Ganem, Dallas, TX (US);
Joshua Haney, Frisco, TX (US);
SURGICAL DEVICE INNOVATIONS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A medication disposal apparatus includes a collection chamber to receive a medication having an active agent. The collection chamber includes a receiver having a one-way opening. The one-way opening receives the medication in the collection chamber and to impede the medication from exiting the collection chamber through the receiver. The collection chamber includes a first converter to receive the medication and/or convert the medication into a plurality of particles. The first converter is housed in the collection chamber and/or may receive the medication from the collection chamber. The first converter has a grinder with a plurality of rollers operable to convert the medication into the plurality of particles. The first converter includes a motor powered by a power source. The apparatus includes a reservoir fastened to the collection chamber and apparatus includes a second converter.