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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
John L. Hall, Tracy, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/08 ; F26B 1/900 ; B08B 5/00 ; B08B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/08 ; F26B 1/900 ; B08B 5/00 ; B08B 9/00 ;
Abstract
Infectious wastes originating in hospitals or other locations are deposited into a sealable, pressure resistant, portable sterilizer vessel at the source of the wastes. The sterilizer vessel rides on wheels enabling travel of the filled vessel to a sterilization station at another location where steam is directed into the vessel to perform the sterilization. Operators need not transfer unprocessed infectious waste from a collection cart to a fixed sterilization vessel at the sterilization site. In the preferred form, handler exposure to unprocessed wastes is further reduced by creating an airflow from the vessel opening to a filter while the vessel is opened for deposit of wastes.