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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:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brad A Kohl, Athens, GA (US);
Douglas L Armstrong, Atlanta, GA (US);
Byron L Boylston, Woodstock, GA (US);
Keith G Savas, Marietta, GA (US);
Mark G Deveau, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Scott Sadow, Woodstock, GA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61G / ; A61L / ; B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 68 ; 7234296 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for destroying syringe needles. The apparatus has an incinerator unit (16) into which a syringe needle may be inserted, crimped by a crimper (30), the needle measured between its tip and the sealing crimp, burned by passing an electric current corresponding to its measured length between the needle tip and the sealing crimp, and the burned needle severed by a cutting blade (36).