Abstract: A vacuuming apparatus for collecting and disposing of sharps waste is disclosed. The sharps waste may include a used hypodermic needle. The vacuuming apparatus includes a passageway including a sidewall defining an interior chamber. The passageway includes an open suction end and an open nozzle end dimensioned to receive the sharps waste. The vacuuming apparatus includes a discharge port located at the suction end and in gaseous communication with a container, such as a used sharps container. The vacuuming apparatus includes a fan, that when operated, is configured to move air from the open nozzle end to the suction end and into the container such that the sharps waste may be moved in an airstream from a surface proximate to the open nozzle end into the container.

Abstract: A vacuuming apparatus for collecting and disposing of sharps waste is disclosed. The sharps waste may include a used hypodermic needle. The vacuuming apparatus includes a passageway including a sidewall defining an interior chamber. The passageway includes an open suction end and an open nozzle end dimensioned to receive the sharps waste. The vacuuming apparatus includes a discharge port located at the suction end and in gaseous communication with a container, such as a used sharps container. The vacuuming apparatus includes a fan, that when operated, is configured to move air from the open nozzle end to the suction end and into the container such that the sharps waste may be moved in an airstream from a surface proximate to the open nozzle end into the container.

Abstract: A manometer integrated into a manual resuscitator includes a housing with a communication path, and a pressure gauge integrally forming part of the housing. A sensing chamber and an atmospheric chamber are separated by a diaphragm subject to distortion by differential pressure between the chambers, with a spring to restore the diaphragm upon equalization of the pressures. A shaft journaled in a first bearing on the diaphragm and a second bearing in one of the chambers rotates in the bearings upon diaphragm distortion, and an indicator on the shaft indicates differences in pressure between the chambers.

Abstract: A manometer integrated into a manual resuscitator includes a housing with a communication path, and a pressure gauge integrally forming part of the housing. A sensing chamber and an atmospheric chamber are separated by a diaphragm subject to distortion by differential pressure between the chambers, with a spring to restore the diaphragm upon equalization of the pressures. A shaft journaled in a first bearing on the diaphragm and a second bearing in one of the chambers rotates in the bearings upon diaphragm distortion, and an indicator on the shaft indicates differences in pressure between the chambers.

Abstract: A manometer integrated into a manual resuscitator includes a housing with a communication path, and a pressure gauge integrally forming part of the housing. A sensing chamber and an atmospheric chamber are separated by a diaphragm subject to distortion by differential pressure between the chambers, with a spring to restore the diaphragm upon equalization of the pressures. A shaft journaled in a first bearing on the diaphragm and a second bearing in one of the chambers rotates in the bearings upon diaphragm distortion, and an indicator on the shaft indicates differences in pressure between the chambers.