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

Claim 11:
12. 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 coupled to the diagnostic system for receiving a radical initiator and the waste stream exiting the diagnostic system, wherein a target effluent formed at or near a first outlet of the homogenizing reservoir comprises at least one target compound;
(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 at least one target compound in the target effluent 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, and wherein the first disposal unit is configured such that the treated effluent is not flowed to the diagnostic system.