Patent ID: 8915362

Claim:
A multifunctional container for safe storage of sharps such as medical or laboratory sharps comprising: a first compartment and a second compartment and a liquid impermeable partition therebetween, wherein said liquid impermeable partition is affixed to the container along its perimeter; said first compartment being sized and configured to contain an initial quantity of unused sharps, said sharps selected from pen needles, hypodermic needles, and syringes with attached hypodermic needles, at a first time, wherein the first compartment further comprises a first aperture which may be opened to remove one or more sharp; and said second compartment sized and configured to contain a quantity of used sharps substantially equal to the initial quantity of unused sharps at a second time, said sharps selected from pen needles, hypodermic needles, and syringes with attached hypodermic needles, wherein the second compartment further comprises a second aperture which has associated therewith a one-way mechanism for conveying a used sharp from the exterior of the multifunctional container to the interior of the second compartment.