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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ISOLATION OF POTENTIALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL

  • US 20200131050A1
  • Filed: 04/28/2017
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2017
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for isolating potentially harmful medical substances, such as antibiotics, present in dissolved state in bodily waste, said method comprising:

  • in at least one buffer tank (22), receiving an aqueous composition containing potentially harmful medical substances present in dissolved state in bodily waste;

    temporarily storing the aqueous composition in the buffer tank (22);

    transferring the aqueous composition in batches from the buffer tank (22) to a vaporization unit (24) comprising one or more vaporization chambers (26, 28);

    in said one or more vaporization chambers (26, 28), vaporizing water from the aqueous composition for producing a water-reduced waste material containing said potentially harmful medical substances;

    passing the vaporized water through one or more protective structures (59, 79), such as one or more demisters, arranged to prevent aerosols or droplets to pass through;

    transferring the waste material from the vaporization unit (24); and

    subjecting the waste material to a destructive treatment, such as a high-temperature incineration process.

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