Patent ID: 9393569
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61L,B02C,B09B

Claim Text:
1. A medical waste treatment system, comprising: an enclosure having a receiver compartment for loading medical waste to be treated; a motor-driven shredder operative to shred the waste placed in the receiver compartment; a tank for receiving a decontaminating disinfectant; a conduit for delivering the decontaminating disinfectant to mix with the waste loaded into the receiver compartment; a pump for recirculating the waste and disinfectant mixture through the shredder until the particle size of the decontaminated waste is reduced to a desired granular consistency; a discharge port for outputting the decontaminated waste having the desired granular consistency; and compliance apparatus including a sensor for detecting whether the shredded waste slurry has sufficient water content, and a pump for adding water to the slurry until the sensor detects that the water-to-solid ratio of the slurry reaches a desired ratio.