	US 12,076,598 B2
	Medication disposal apparatus and methods of manufacture and use
Jorge Casas-Ganem, Dallas, TX (US); and Joshua Haney, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to SURGICAL DEVICE INNOVATIONS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Surgical Device Innovations, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,788.
Application 17/467,788 is a continuation of application No. 15/970,623, filed on May 3, 2018, granted, now 11,110,312.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402238 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. A62D 3/33 (2007.01); B02C 19/00 (2006.01); B09B 3/00 (2022.01)

CPC A62D 3/33 (2013.01) [B02C 19/0075 (2013.01); B09B 3/0075 (2013.01); A62D 2203/10 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method of manufacturing a medication disposal apparatus, the method comprising:

forming a collection chamber coupled to a reservoir;

forming a first converter housed in the collection chamber and operable to convert a medication into a plurality of particles; and

forming a second converter housed in the reservoir and operable to deactivate an active agent of the medication and yield a plurality of deactivated particles.