Remotely-controlled system for the in-situ treatment of infectious healthcare waste produced by small waste producers, comprising:

infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment devices intended to be installed at small-medium waste producers' premises to collect and treat infectious healthcare waste and designed to be compliant with use in venues intended for residential purposes, practicing a profession or providing a service, such as domestic venues, offices, medical, dental and veterinary practices, clinics, or the like, and

a remote control centre in communication with the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment devices via a long-range communication system;

each infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device comprises:

a sensory system to monitor operation of the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device; and

an electronic control unit connected to the sensory system and in communication with the remote control centre to transmit thereto data indicating operation of the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device and to receive therefrom and execute commands relating to operation of the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment device;

the remote control centre is configured to receive and process data from the infectious healthcare waste collection and treatment devices and to monitor, control and report on the operation thereof based on the specific applications and/or users' needs.

Featured are a two-stage grinder, an apparatus embodying same and methods related thereto. Such a medical waste grinder includes a first stage and a second stage. The first stage includes spring loaded cutter stacks mounted on two adjacent shafts between two edge plates, each of the cutter stacks including cutters arranged in a helix to create space, each cutter including a number of teeth per blade and including a major diameter and a minor diameter, each cutter turning opposite a fixed counter knife enabling a pinching action against the teeth of the cutter. The second stage includes spring loaded cutter stacks.

Clinical waste container (100) comprising a lower basket part (110) and an upper lid part (120), comprising a cylindrical part (121) having an upper lid opening (122); and a lid cap part (130), arranged to be fastened to said lid part so as to cover said lid opening, wherein the lid part and the lid cap part each comprise cooperating snap-lock means (123, 133), comprising several separated elongated protrusions (133a,133b), together defining a broken circle.

The lid part comprises at a lower end (124) a bend (125) of at least 60, with an inner radius (R1) of at the most 5 mm and an outer radius (R2) of at the most 5 mm, defining a local material thickness increase of at least 25%.

The lid part and the lid cap part comprise at least 30% by volume wooden fibres.

The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a container.

The disclosure relates to a multifunctional sharps container having a first dispensing compartment for storing unused sharps and a second compartment for receiving used sharps. The first and second compartments are separated by a generally liquid impermeable partition fixed to the walls of the container. In addition, the first and second compartments are provided with apertures and structures for conveying the sharps, out of and into the compartments respectively, which are functional in at least two orientations of the container.

This dissolvent is an inorganic compound of silica gel that is stabile and lasts for decades. Pleasant gold color, no evident odor or vapor, and it will not spill, or degrade over the decades, while awaiting use. After full and complete use with several syringes needles being dissolved at one location, these sharps will blacken and corrode and dissolve away, and the gel then becomes ordinary harmless waste to be conveniently discarded. This dissolvent gel will blunt sharp points and edges of sharps instantly to become totally useless. The useless sharps and needles will carry no infection, no living organism, no viruses, no pathogens, no bacterium, just nothing, just scrap! Nothing sharp or dangerous or infectious is left to be in the trash, or in the landfill, or in the oceanit's just harmless scrap.

This dissolvent is an inorganic compound of silica gel that is stabile and lasts for decades. Pleasant gold color, no evident odor or vapor, and it will not spill, or degrade over the decades, while awaiting use. After full and complete use with several syringes needles being dissolved at one location, these sharps will blacken and corrode and dissolve away, and the gel then becomes ordinary harmless waste to be conveniently discarded. This dissolvent gel will blunt sharp points and edges of sharps instantly to become totally useless. The useless sharps and needles will carry no infection, no living organism, no viruses, no pathogens, no bacterium, just nothing, just scrap! Nothing sharp or dangerous or infectious is left to be in the trash, or in the landfill, or in the oceanit's just harmless scrap.

A medical waste grinding and separation system configured to safely neutralize and dispose of a portion of a medical sharp. The medical waste grinding and separation system comprises an outer casing, a sharps aperture, a grinding head, a rotary grinding tool motor, a debris reservoir, a power system, a debris channel, a drive shaft the grinding head comprises a grinding surface. The grinding surface comprises a portion of the grinding head being closest to the sharps aperture. The outer casing 200 forms the main structural body of the system, housing the internal components the grinding head and the rotary grinding tool motor is aligned with one another and the sharps aperture. The grinding head is configured to grind down the tip of a syringe when it is inserted into the aperture. The grinding head is driven by the rotary grinding tool motor.

Clinical waste container (100) comprising a lower basket part (110) and an upper lid part (120), comprising a cylindrical part (121) having an upper lid opening (122); and a lid cap part (130), arranged to be fastened to said lid part so as to cover said lid opening, wherein the lid part and the lid cap part each comprise cooperating snap-lock means (123, 133), comprising several separated elongated protrusions (133a,133b), together defining a broken circle. The lid part comprises at a lower end (124) a bend (125) of at least 60, with an inner radius (R1) of at the most 5 mm and an outer radius (R2) of at the most 5 mm, defining a local material thickness increase of at least 25%. The lid part and the lid cap part comprise at least 30% by volume wooden fibres. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a container.

Clinical waste container (100) comprising a lower basket part (110) and an upper lid part (120), comprising a cylindrical part (121) having an upper lid opening (122); and a lid cap part (130), arranged to be fastened to said lid part so as to cover said lid opening, wherein the lid part and the lid cap part each comprise cooperating snap-lock means (123, 133), comprising several separated elongated protrusions (133a,133b), together defining a broken circle. The lid part comprises at a lower end (124) a bend (125) of at least 60, with an inner radius (R1) of at the most 5 mm and an outer radius (R2) of at the most 5 mm, defining a local material thickness increase of at least 25%. The lid part and the lid cap part comprise at least 30% by volume wooden fibres. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such a container.

A needle removal device is provided for removing needles from suturing devices and/or systems. In an embodiment, the needle removal device may be intended for use with a suturing device having one or more needle lumens. The needle removal device may include a first member having a first plurality of needle receptacles extending therethrough. The first needle receptacles may be configured and positioned to correspond to one or more of the one or more needle lumens of the suturing device. The needle removal device may also include a second member having a second plurality of needle receptacles extending therethrough. At least one of the first member or the second member may be moveable between a first position, wherein the first needle receptacles and the second needle receptacles are substantially aligned, and a second position, wherein the first needle receptacles and the second needle receptacles substantially unaligned.