Apparatus and method for purging medical instruments and disposing of infectious waste

摘要

An apparatus for transmitting infections medical waste to a sewer without personnel exposure employing a closed container having a waste tube and a suction tube extending thereinto. The waste is transmitted from an endoscope or other source into the container and the container is drained to a sewer under control of a vacuum applied to the inside of the container. The automated container drainage affords virtually unlimited container volume for improved cleaning of instrument internal channels.