Patent ID: 7673825

Claim:
A machine for shredding ingestible medical products comprising a housing defining an interior chamber, a container opening through which a container can be introduced into and withdrawn from said chamber, means for shredding ingestible medical products, said shredding means including an ingestible medical products entrance exteriorly of said interior chamber and a shredded ingestible medical products exit interiorly of said interior chamber, a container in said housing, said container having an upper opening, said container upper opening being disposed for receipt therethrough of shredded ingestible medical products incident to the shredding thereof by said shredding means and said container upper opening being bordered at least in part by a flange, means for introducing non-shredding medical products through said housing into said container through the opening thereof, and means for closing said container opening, means associated with said housing for storing a plurality of said fastening means, a plurality of means for fastening in said storage means, said container flange and closing means having registrable openings for receipt of at least one of said fastening means to fasten the same together, whereby both shredded and non-shredded products can be transported to an appropriate disposal site utilizing the closed container.