IP Library Granted Patent US 12,194,516
Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,516 · App. 17/653,354 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Pharmaceutical waste disposal assembly

Inventor: David A. Maness (Mt. Pleasant, SC)
Assignee: Stryker Corporation
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Patent No.
US 12,194,516
App. No.
17/653,354
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly for receiving fluid pharmaceutical waste into a fluid waste receiver includes a fluid receiver body coupled to a fluid receiver cap, and receiving solid pharmaceutical waste into a solid waste receiver includes a solid receiver body coupled to a solid receiver cap. The assembly comprises a receiver housing and a receiver lid coupled to the receiver housing. The receiver housing comprises a retainer base, sidewalls extending from the retainer base, and dividers extending from the sidewalls to divide an interior of the receiver housing into a receiver compartment configured to receive the fluid receiver body and the solid receiver body, and a cap compartment. A first of the dividers divides the receiver compartment from a first of the cap compartments configured to receive the fluid receiver cap, and a second one of the dividers divides the receiver compartment from a second of the cap compartments configured to receive the solid receiver cap.

Claims (13)

1. An assembly for receiving fluid pharmaceutical waste into a fluid waste receiver including a fluid receiver body coupled to a fluid receiver cap, and receiving solid pharmaceutical waste into a solid waste receiver including a solid receiver body coupled to a solid receiver cap, the assembly comprising:

a receiver housing comprising a retainer base, sidewalls extending from the retainer base, and dividers extending from the sidewalls to divide an interior of the receiver housing into a receiver compartment configured to receive the fluid receiver body and the solid receiver body, and a cap compartment, wherein a first of the dividers divides the receiver compartment from a first of the cap compartments configured to receive the fluid receiver cap, and a second one of the dividers divides the receiver compartment from a second of the cap compartments configured to receive the solid receiver cap; and

a receiver lid coupled to the receiver housing, wherein the receiver lid covers the cap compartment and defines a fluid waste aperture through which the fluid pharmaceutical waste is configured to be directed into the fluid waste receiver, and further defines a solid waste aperture through which the solid pharmaceutical waste is configured to be directed into the solid waste receiver.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first cap compartment and the second cap compartment are dimensioned so as to receive the fluid receiver cap and the solid receiver cap in a single orientation.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein a third of the dividers divides the receiver compartment into a fluid waste receiver compartment configured to receive the fluid receiver body and a solid waste receiver compartment configured to receive the solid receiver body.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the fluid waste receiver compartment has a length greater than a length of the solid waste receiver compartment.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein a fourth of the dividers divides the first cap compartment from the second cap compartment.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the fluid receiver body is coupled to the fluid receiver cap with a first tether, and the solid receiver body is coupled to the fluid receiver cap with a second tether, wherein the first divider and the second divider extend from the retainer base to a height less than a height from which the sidewalls extend from the retainer base so as to permit the first cap compartment to receive the fluid receiver cap tethered to the fluid receiver body that received within the receiver compartment, and permit the second cap compartment to receive the solid receiver cap tethered to the solid receiver body that received within the receiver compartment.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the receiver lid is removably coupled to the receiver housing.

8. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first cap compartment and the second cap compartment is rectangular and has a width sized approximate to a thickness of the receiver cap that is disc-shaped.

9. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first cap compartment and the second cap compartment has a length sized approximate to a diameter of the disc-shaped receiver cap.

10. The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the lengths of the first cap compartment and the second cap compartment are aligned so as to span a length of the receiver housing.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the receiver compartment has a length equal to a length of the cap compartment, and wherein the receiver compartment has a width greater than a width of the cap compartment.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: STRYKER CORPORATION
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069737/0184 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2022
From: MANESS, DAVID A.
To: CACTUS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059363/0237 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2022
From: CACTUS, LLC
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059363/0240 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16857829 · Apr 24, 2020
Continuation 16132636 · Sep 17, 2018
Continuation 15213950 · Jul 19, 2016
Continuation 14203408 · Mar 10, 2014
Continuation 13587656 · Aug 16, 2012
Continuation In Part 12768044 · Apr 27, 2010
Related Publication 20220266320A1 · Aug 25, 2022
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