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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Mallinckrodt Llc, Hazelwood, MO (US);
Robert J. Ziemba, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Mallinckrodt LLC, Hazelwood, MO (US);
Abstract
Containers and methods for disposing unused pharmaceutical product are disclosed. Each container () may include a container body () with an internal chamber () for storing pharmaceutical product, along with a cover () for selectively limiting access to the chamber (). An encapsulation component () may be selectively disposable within the chamber (), and may be operable to encapsulate the pharmaceutical product within the container (). For instance, the encapsulation component () may melt and/or flow into contact with the pharmaceutical product and thereafter solidify to encapsulate the pharmaceutical product. The encapsulation component () may melt and thereafter solidify between the cover () and shell () to limit removal of the cover () from the shell ().