ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,212, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to MAABOROT METAL WORKS LTD. (Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel).
"Integrated medical waste management system and operation" was invented by Amit Gur (Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel), Amit Sheleg (Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel), Mark Gershkovich (Netanya, Israel) and Doron Egozi (Kibbutz Maabarot, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical waste treatment system, comprising: (1) A main treatment unit comprising: a waste receiver cover comprising a UV lamp; a waste shredding unit comprising a shredding bin and at least two rotating shredding blades; a compression unit to push the medical waste towards the shred...