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Medical waste treatment unit

US7361303B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 2001
Grant dateApr 22, 2008
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB09B2101/65
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for reducing organic waste. The apparatus comprises a conveyor to move waste to a first chamber for weighing waste and purging oxygen, a second chamber for treating, sterilizing and reducing waste by reverse polymerization, and a third chamber for cooling reduced and sterilized waste.

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