Patent ID: 8167858

Claim:
A self cleansing biological fluid waste collection system for connecting a waste vessel to a waste removal station for removal of biological fluid from the waste vessel and cleaning of the waste vessel, the system comprising: a) a waste vessel with locking cap, b) wherein said waste vessel with locking cap connects to a disposal apparatus, wherein the locking cap prevents opening of the waste vessel when not connected to the disposal apparatus, c) wherein the locking cap is configure to require an unlocking manipulation separate from an opening manipulation of the locking cap, wherein the opening manipulation opens the waste vessel; d) wherein the disposal apparatus interoperates with the locking mechanism to unlock the locking mechanism once the waste vessel is properly seated to the disposal apparatus; e) wherein said waste vessel is configured to be opened and closed by a motor activated by a controller, and may also be opened and closed manually, f) wherein said controller controls the release of cleaning agents through a cleaning pipe to clean said waste vessel, g) whereby input from a waste vessel ID wherein information comprising information concerning cleaning cycles, is structurally encoded in the waste vessel ID and information is transferred from the waste vessel to a sensor to be processed by the controller whereby transmission of information from the waste vessel ID is independent of the operator, and the information structurally encoded in the waste vessel ID is recorded so the cleaning cycles of the waste vessel are tracked for purposes of disposal and replacement of the waste vessel after a prescribed number of cleaning cycles where the number of cleaning cycles are greater than one.