- Patent Title: Medication disposal apparatus and methods of manufacture and use
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Application No.: US17467788Application Date: 2021-09-07
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Publication No.: US12076598B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Jorge Casas-Ganem , Joshua Haney
- Applicant: Surgical Device Innovations, LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: SURGICAL DEVICE INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee: SURGICAL DEVICE INNOVATIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- Agent Adam C. Rehm; Zachary D. Cleary
- Main IPC: A62D3/33
- IPC: A62D3/33 ; B02C19/00 ; B09B3/00

Abstract:
A medication disposal apparatus includes a collection chamber to receive a medication having an active agent. The collection chamber includes a receiver having a one-way opening. The one-way opening receives the medication in the collection chamber and to impede the medication from exiting the collection chamber through the receiver. The collection chamber includes a first converter to receive the medication and/or convert the medication into a plurality of particles. The first converter is housed in the collection chamber and/or may receive the medication from the collection chamber. The first converter has a grinder with a plurality of rollers operable to convert the medication into the plurality of particles. The first converter includes a motor powered by a power source. The apparatus includes a reservoir fastened to the collection chamber and apparatus includes a second converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210402238A1 MEDICATION DISPOSAL APPARATUS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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