Disposal device and method of disposal for body fluid collecting bags

US8309785B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MEDELA HOLDING AG · CH

Inventors

• Olle Larsson · Kronach, DE
• Michael Larsson · Baar, CH
• Lukas Christen · Ebikon, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2012
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B69/0016
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A disposal device for collecting bags for bodily fluids has a receptacle for receiving at least one collecting bag containing bodily fluid, a comminution unit (2) for comminuting the collecting bag, a fluid collecting basin (5) for receiving the bodily fluid, a particle collecting container (8) for receiving the comminuted collecting bag, and at least one decontamination unit (7) for the decontamination of the collecting bag and the bodily fluid.