Title:
WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING SOLID MEDICAL WASTE INCLUDING BAG-TENSIONING MECHANISM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2017035502
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a waste collection system capable of informing medical/surgical procedure personnel that a metal object may have been inadvertently discarded.SOLUTION: A solid medical waste collection system 40 for collecting solid medical waste includes a mobile cart 42 with a bag 54 for storing the waste. A pre-detection apparatus detects metal-containing objects prior to placing the metal-containing objects inside the bag to thereby reduce costs to a facility in which the cart is employed. The system may also include a bag-tensioning mechanism 900 for securing the bag to the cart.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
HENNIGES BRUCE D
RICHARD F HUYSER
TYLER SR DOUGLAS L
JERRY S CULP
CHRIS PHILIPP
MALACKOWSKI DONALD W
WALEN JAMES G
STRATTON DENIS A
PAUL A WELCH
STEVEN J CARUSILLO
DAVID S GOLDENBERG
RICHARD F HUYSER
TYLER SR DOUGLAS L
JERRY S CULP
CHRIS PHILIPP
MALACKOWSKI DONALD W
WALEN JAMES G
STRATTON DENIS A
PAUL A WELCH
STEVEN J CARUSILLO
DAVID S GOLDENBERG
Application Number:
JP2016189233A
Publication Date:
February 16, 2017
Filing Date:
September 28, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
STRYKER CORP
International Classes:
A61G12/00; A61B50/13; A61B50/36
Domestic Patent References:
JPH04109904U | 1992-09-24 | |||
JPH07330103A | 1995-12-19 | |||
JPH04109904U | 1992-09-24 | |||
JPH07330103A | 1995-12-19 |
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shoichi Okuyama
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Hidefumi Kawamura
Ayako Nakamura
Satoshi Morimoto
Arihara Koichi
Matsushima Tetsuo
Hidefumi Kawamura
Ayako Nakamura
Satoshi Morimoto