Patent ID: 7600639

Claim:
A medical waste disposal system comprising: a hood assembly defining a passage therethrough to accommodate medical waste; a disposable container configured to be positioned below the hood assembly and defining an open end sized to receive medical waste from the passage defined by the hood assembly; and a deck component configured to be mounted adjacent the open end of the disposable container and defining an opening for the passage of medical waste into the disposable container, the deck component comprising: a first connector configured to removably receive the hood assembly such that the hood assembly passage aligns with the deck component opening and defines a disposal path into the disposable container; a second connector configured to receive a lid, the lid configured to substantially close the deck component opening when the lid is positioned on the deck component, thereby blocking the disposal path; the deck component being configured such that the lid is positionable on the deck component to substantially close the disposable container open end while the hood assembly is positioned on the deck component and the first and second connectors being defined by a pair of T-bars positioned on opposite sides of the opening.