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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Vigilant Devices, Llc, Austin, TX (US);
David A. Nelson, Austin, TX (US);
Alfred Rafi Baddour, Austin, TX (US);
Vigilant Devices, LLC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and systems are provided which include one or more receptacles for receiving drugs and further include one or more stored supplies of one or more absorbent materials comprising crosslinkers, wherein the apparatus and systems are adapted to release the absorbent materials comprising crosslinkers into the one or more receptacles. A method is provided which includes depositing a drug into a predetermined amount of fluid and adding to the drug containing fluid a absorbent material comprising crosslinkers which is capable of encapsulating the drug containing fluid and possibly killing infectious materials within the fluid and/or denaturing the drug within the fluid.