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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald R Gagne, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
American Sterilizer Company, Erie, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 28 ; 422 21 ; 422 32 ; 422 27 ;
Abstract
A method and system of treating medical waste product materials that are contaminated with blood, urine and/or other bodily fluids is disclosed. Disinfecting and sterilizing such materials is accomplished through use of heat to deactivate catalase contained in the medical waste. The waste is then contacted with hydrogen peroxide to sterilize the waste.