US 11,786,647 B1
Medical waste collection systems, manifolds, and related methods
Brian MacLachlan, Norton Shores, MI (US); and Grant Westphal, Delton, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,942.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/305,267, filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 1/74 (2021.05) [A61B 90/98 (2016.02); A61M 1/802 (2021.05); G06K 19/07 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61J 2205/60 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical waste collection system comprising:
a medical waste collection device for providing suction at a surgical site;
a manifold releasably couplable to the medical waste collection device and defining a pathway through which the medical waste collection device is configured to provide the suction to the surgical site, the manifold including an RFID tag including a first memory bank storing an identifier for the RFID tag and a first portion of an originality signature for the manifold, and a second memory bank for storing electronic identification data for the manifold, the second memory bank storing a second portion of the originality signature for the manifold; and
a controller of the medical waste collection device that is configured to:
responsive to the manifold being coupled to the medical waste collection device, read the first portion of the originality signature from the first memory bank and the second portion of the originality signature from the second memory bank;
compile the originality signature based on the read first and second portions; and
control operation of the medical waste collection device to provide suction at the surgical site based on the compiled originality signature.