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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Applicants:
Thomas E. Erickson, Crosslake, MN (US);
James J. Erickson, Mound, MN (US);
Thomas Sauro, Rosemount, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Erickson, Crosslake, MN (US);
James J. Erickson, Mound, MN (US);
Thomas Sauro, Rosemount, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ultimed, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 83/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The disclosure relates to volumetrically efficient systems for distributing, storing, and dispensing a number of medical or laboratory sharps with subsequent safe disposal of the used sharps. The systems comprise first and second sharps containers configured such that the combined containers, as well as contained sharps, may be shipped in a volume approximately equivalent to the volume of one of the containers.