Patent ID: 8397933
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A lid for covering an interior of a medical waste receptacle base, said lid comprising: a cover sized and shaped for covering the interior of the medical waste receptacle base, the cover having an opening sized for passing medical waste therethrough; an intermediate waste repository connected to the cover, said repository being moveable between a holding position adapted for holding waste segregated from the receptacle base interior, and a dumping position adapted for biasing waste by gravity into the receptacle base interior; a closure sized for blocking the opening operatively connected to the cover for movement between an open position, in which the closure is at least partially out of alignment with the opening to allow medical waste to pass through the opening toward the intermediate waste repository, and a closed position, in which the closure is aligned with the opening to block the opening to prevent medical waste from passing through the opening, the closure comprising a door slidably attached to the cover for movement between the open position and the closed position; and a link operatively connecting the closure and the intermediate waste repository so the intermediate waste repository moves to the dumping position as the closure moves to the closed position and so the intermediate waste repository moves to the holding position as the closure moves to the open position.