Patent ID: 7896271

Claim:
An apparatus for preparing a medication for disposal said apparatus comprising: (a) a hog comprising: (i) a first portion operable to rend a first medication by shredding; and (ii) a second portion operable to rend a second medication by crushing said second medication; (b) a container having portions defining an opening arranged to receive said first medication and said second medication riven by said hog; and (c) a quantity of a disposal medium located within said container and exposed to said riven medication passing through said opening, said disposal medium suitable for at least one of burial and incineration; (d) a vent tube penetrating a stopper of a vial for a liquid medication, said vent tube connected to a source of air at a pressure of at least one atmosphere; and (e) an extraction tube penetrating said stopper of said vial and permit the liquid medication in said vial to flow onto a surface of said disposal medium.