Patents Assigned to Medical Safety Technologies, Inc.
  • Syringe needle destruction method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5076178
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for destroying syringe needles. The apparatus has an incinerator into which a syringe needle may be inserted, crimped by a crimper 30, burned by passing an electric current through the needle between the needle tip and a sealing crimp formed by the crimper 30, and the burned needle severed by a cutter 36.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Medical Safety Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brad A. Kohl, Kenneth C. Musgrave, Randall D. Decker