Patent ID: 8434616

Claim:
A system for the efficient distribution and storage of new and used sharps, the system comprising: a first outer container having at least one repositionable wall portion, said repositionable wall portion having a first position and a second position, wherein when the repositionable wall portion is in the first position, the first outer container defines an opening large enough to permit the removal of a quantity of sharps, said sharps selected from pen needles, hypodermic needles, and syringes with attached hypodermic needles, from the first outer container, further wherein when the repositionable wall portion is in the second position, said opening is closed; the first outer container also defining a first aperture which comprises an associated one-way mechanism for conveying a used sharp from the exterior of the first outer container to the interior of the first outer container; the repositionable wall portion and the first outer container cooperatively defining a nonreversible locking mechanism for securing said repositionable wall to the first outer container when the repositionable wall is in the second position thereby forming a complete enclosure and thereby prohibiting any sharps from exiting the complete enclosure; and a second, inner container sized to fit within the first outer container and to be removed from the first outer container through the opening therein, wherein said second, inner container when removed contains the quantity of sharps and further comprises a dispensing mechanism for unused sharps, wherein the second inner container when full of unused sharps contains the quantity of sharps, which sharps can be contained within the first container.