Patent ID: 6247592
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A sharps disposal system for automatic detachment of the hub of a medical device from a holder comprising:a holder, said holder including movable actuator means for detachably mounting a hub to said holder; anda sharps receptacle having a generally hollow base with an open end and a generally rigid cover for closing said open end of said base, said cover having a hub passage aperture sized and shaped to permit passage of a hub into the interior of the receptacle, said cover also having a release structure which alighns said holder with said aperture and which engages said actuator means of said holder, said release structure operating said actuator means to cause detachment of a mounted hub from said holder, said release structure extending upwardly from said cover and being in spaced relationship to said aperture in said cover such that a hub detached from said holder by operation of said release structure will pass into said sharps receptacle as a result of placement of said holder into engagement with said release structure.