Patent ID: 7879228

Claim:
A system for collecting and disposing of medical waste comprising: a) a container having a patient port, a vacuum port and a drain port, said patient port adapted to communicate with a suction line and said vacuum port adapted to communicate with a vacuum source so that medical waste is collected in said container through the suction line connected to the patent port when the vacuum port is connected to the vacuum source; b) a cleaning nozzle positioned within said container; c) a dispenser containing an additive and adapted to communicate with a source of water; d) a flushing pump in circuit between the dispenser and the cleaning nozzle; e) a liquid level detector in communication with the container; f) a microprocessor in communication with the liquid level detector and the flushing pump so that said flushing pump is activated by the microprocessor when the liquid level detector senses that collected medical waste has been drained from the container through the drain port so that the drained container is flushed with a flushing liquid consisting of water and the additive through the cleaning nozzle.