Patent ID: 11970406
Assignee: VENTANA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A passive, gravity-driven treatment system for treatment of a waste stream exiting a diagnostic system, wherein the gravity-driven treatment system comprises:
(a) a homogenizing reservoir fluidically connected to the diagnostic system for receiving a radical initiator and the waste stream exiting the diagnostic system, wherein the waste stream comprises a set of fluid components comprising one or more target compounds, wherein a residence time of each fluid component of the set of fluid components in the homogenizing reservoir is sufficient for promoting a substantially even mixing of the set of fluid components to form a target effluent at or near a first outlet of the homogenizing reservoir;
(b) a radical generating reservoir, wherein the target effluent is routed from the first outlet of the homogenizing reservoir to the radical generating reservoir via a channel, wherein gravity facilitates flow of the target effluent from the homogenizing reservoir to the radical generating reservoir;
(c) a radical generator coupled to the radical generating reservoir, wherein when the radical initiator is exposed to the radical generator a detectable concentration of the one or more target compounds in the set of fluid components is reduced to provide a treated effluent; and
(d) a first disposal unit fluidically coupled to the radical generating reservoir, wherein the first disposal unit receives the treated effluent exiting from a waste outlet of the radical generating reservoir.