Process for disposing of waste
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1. A process for disposal of medical waste comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a container, partially filling said container with a fluid, hardenable water insoluble epoxy resin which is noncohesive with said container and disposing medical waste in the fluid, hardenable resin disposed in said container;
(b) substantially filling said container with additional fluid, hardenable epoxy resin to combine with the initial resin and encasing said medical waste therein;
(c) hardening said resin until said resin comprises a rigid non-soluble block;
(d) removing the hardened epoxy resin block from said container having said medical waste encased therein; and
(e) thereafter dumping or using said block.
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Abstract
A process for the safe and substantially permanent disposal of contaminated medical waste by providing a container, partially filling the container with a fluid, hardenable resin such as an epoxy resin, disposing the waste as the resin in the partially filled container; filling the container with additional resin, and encasing the waste, hardening or curing the resin encasing the waste and removing the block of waste encased in the resin from the container for appropriate disposal in the sea or other appropriate environments.
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7 Claims
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1. A process for disposal of medical waste comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a container, partially filling said container with a fluid, hardenable water insoluble epoxy resin which is noncohesive with said container and disposing medical waste in the fluid, hardenable resin disposed in said container; (b) substantially filling said container with additional fluid, hardenable epoxy resin to combine with the initial resin and encasing said medical waste therein; (c) hardening said resin until said resin comprises a rigid non-soluble block; (d) removing the hardened epoxy resin block from said container having said medical waste encased therein; and (e) thereafter dumping or using said block. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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Current AssigneeSiegfried Wittenzelliner
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Original AssigneeSiegfried Wittenzelliner
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InventorsWittenzelliner, Siegfried
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Primary Examiner(s)Taylor, Dennis L.
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Application NumberUS07/269,575Time in Patent Office530 DaysField of Search405/128, 405/129, 252/626, 252/633, 52/576, 264/37, 264/38US Class Current405/129.3CPC Class CodesB09B 1/00 Dumping solid wasteB09B 3/20 Agglomeration, binding or e...
