Patent ID: 7968062
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A drug disposal and verification device comprising: a first chamber including an injection port for receiving wasted injectable drug from a syringe and a disposal volume for receiving and holding the wasted injectable drug, a second chamber containing a breakable ampule that contains a testing reagent, the breakable ampule being breakable by external manual pressure, a passageway communicating between the first chamber and the second chamber and a valve associated with the passageway that is normally open, the valve operable such that the valve closes the passageway when the ampule is broken, a flow measuring device interposed between the injection port and the disposal volume of the first chamber, the flow measuring device further operable to divert a small portion of the wasted injectable drug into the passageway that communicates with the second chamber, whereby when the wasted injectable drug is injected through the injection port, the positive displacement flow measuring device measures the volume of drug injected as most of the wasted injectable drug flows into the disposal volume and as a small portion of the wasted injectable drug is diverted to the second chamber wherein the small portion of wasted injectable drug is tested as the breakable ampule is broken by manual external pressure and as the valve closes the passageway between the first chamber and the second chamber.