Patent ID: 7341147
Filing Date: 2008-03-11
Classification: A61B,B07C,G01G,G06Q,G16H,Y02W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A disposable container for use in a medical waste system, the disposable container comprising: a plurality of walls defining an internal space wherein the walls are dimensioned for insertion into a compartment within a medical waste sorting system; an opening that provides access to the internal space; an automatically operable door comprising a connector for engaging with the medical waste system, wherein the automatically operable door selectively occludes and/or reveal-reveals the opening, the door operated by the medical waste system in which the container is placed; and a flange extending from a portion of the container, the flange comprising a machine-readable pattern of holes where in the machine-readable pattern of holes is one of a plurality of different machine-readable patterns of holes, wherein the different machine-readable patterns of holes correspond to different categories of waste and wherein the machine-readable pattern of holes on the container communicates to the medical waste system the corresponding a category of waste to be placed in the container.