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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:
Jan. 11, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert S Davis, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
BioSafe Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23G / ; F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
110347 ; 110110 ; 110222 ;
Abstract
A method for disposing of infectious medical waste in a closed system includes the steps of shredding the waste in the closed system to reduce the waste to small particles and indirectly heating the waste particles in the closed system by contacting the waste particles with a heated surface. The waste particles are indirectly heated to a sufficiently high temperature and for a sufficient period of time to produce a quantitative assurance of sterilization of the waste particles. Air is continuously drawn through the closed system to control the pressure and moisture in the closed system.