US 12,064,797 B2
Method of disposing of waste receiver, waste receiver for pharmaceutical waste and method of assembling the waste receiver
Brian James VanDerWoude, Portage, MI (US); David A. Maness, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US); Bryan Matthew Ulmer, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Dennis Meyer, Augusta, MI (US); Lucas Wade, Austin, TX (US); Stephen Myers, Austin, TX (US); Logan Castillo, Georgetown, TX (US); and Heather Benoit, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Appl. No. 17/416,635
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/068578
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/139946, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 2, 2020.
Application 17/416,635 is a continuation of application No. 16/233,824, filed on Dec. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,940,513, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/935,898, filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062964 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 50/36 (2016.01); A61B 50/37 (2016.01); A61B 50/39 (2016.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A62D 3/30 (2007.01); B09B 1/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2022.01); B09B 3/10 (2022.01); B65F 1/16 (2006.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC B09B 3/0075 (2013.01) [A61B 50/36 (2016.02); A61B 50/362 (2016.02); A61B 50/37 (2016.02); A61B 50/39 (2016.02); A61M 5/3205 (2013.01); A62D 3/30 (2013.01); B09B 1/00 (2013.01); B09B 3/10 (2022.01); B65F 1/1615 (2013.01); A61B 2050/005 (2016.02); A61B 2050/0054 (2016.02); A61B 2050/3008 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02); B65F 2210/148 (2013.01); B65F 2240/145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A waste receiver for receiving pharmaceutical waste material and adapted to be releasably coupled to a locking assembly secured to a fixed surface, said waste receiver comprising:
a receiver body defining a container volume and an opening in fluid communication with said container volume for receiving the pharmaceutical waste material, said receiver body comprising a front wall, a rear wall opposite said front wall, and opposing sidewalls extending between said front and rear walls, wherein said receiver body defines a lock passageway adapted to receive the locking assembly, said lock passageway being separate from said opening and extending through said receiver body between said front and rear walls, with apertures within said front and rear walls defining a portion of a lock passageway; and
a reaction agent positioned within a region of said container volume defined between said lock passageway and one of said opposing sidewalls of said receiver body.