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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brad A Kohl, Athens, GA (US);
Kenneth C Musgrave, Atlanta, GA (US);
Randall D Decker, Tucker, GA (US);
Assignee:
Medical Safety Technologies, Inc., Bogart, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23G / ; F23G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
110250 ; 128919 ; 219 68 ; 110346 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for destroying syringe needles. The apparatus has an incinerator into which a syringe needle may be inserted, crimped by a crimper 30, burned by passing an electric current through the needle between the needle tip and a sealing crimp formed by the crimper 30, and the burned needle severed by a cutter 36.