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- the present invention relates to a medication disposal system and, more particularly, to a method for disposing of medication and an apparatus for preparing medications for disposal.
- Transdermal patches comprise an adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a time-released dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream.
- a used transdermal patch may contain sufficient medication to be a danger to children and small animals and the medication can continue to be released in the sewer.
- Current waste treatment processes do not remove medications from sewage and the medical chemicals can enter waterways with the treatment effluent.
- the process of disposing of medications can present difficulty and risk to medical personnel.
- the medication in a transdermal patch is intended to be absorbed through the skin and a person handling used or surplus patches during disposal may be exposed to a substantial dose of the medication.
- liquid medication is commonly withdrawn from a vial with a hypodermic needle and disposed of in the sewer system.
- the process of emptying vials of medicine with a hypodermic needle can be laborious and presents a risk of injury in addition to the risk of environmental contamination resulting from disposal in the sewer system.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for preparing medications for disposal.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a hog for rending medications.
- FIG. 3 is a top view of a portion of a hog.
- FIG. 4 is an end view of intermeshing cogged rollers for an alternative construction of a medication rending hog.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of system for removing liquid medication from a vial.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of an alternative system for removing liquid medication from a vial.
- Medications take several forms, are delivered by a number of mechanisms and are stored in a variety of containers. Medicine may be ingested in the form of liquids, pills or capsules, a digestible gelatinous container with the medicament inside. Pills and capsules may be stored in bottles but are frequently stored in blister packs, comprising a preformed plastic blister which is typically sealed to a paperboard card. Liquid medications may be stored in bottles but some liquid medications are stored in sealed vials for delivery to the patient by injection. Other medications are dispensed with an adhesive transdermal patch. When the adhesive patch is applied to the skin, the medicament, which may be in the adhesive patch or a reservoir affixed to the patch, is absorbed through the skin.
- a medication disposal apparatus 20 comprises, generally, a shredder or hog 22 for rending pills, capsules and other solid medications; blister packs, transdermal patches and similar material and a quantity of a disposal medium 24 that is arranged to be aggregated with the rent medication that is being discarded.
- the hog includes a hopper 26 into which medications are placed in preparation for disposal.
- a hinged shield 28 can be opened to facilitate placing material in the hopper and closed to provide protection for personnel from material in the hopper during rending by the hog.
- the hog comprises generally a pair of rending elements 42 , 44 that are counter rotatable to draw medication from the hopper, rend the medication and expel the medication into the disposal medium 24 .
- An exemplary hog 40 comprises a pair of parallel shafts 50 , 52 rotationally secured in a frame 54 .
- the shafts may be rotated in opposing directions by belts, independent motors or other means.
- gears 56 , 58 affixed to the respective shafts, enable rotation of the shafts in opposing directions by rotation of a central pinion gear 60 that is rotatably mounted to the frame.
- the pinion gear can, in turn, be rotated by a crank 30 or by a motor.
- the exemplary hog 40 comprises a plurality disks arranged along portions of the shafts 50 , 52 and affixed to one of the shafts for rotation by the respective shaft.
- the disks comprise spaced pairs of larger diameter disks 62 that are separated by a smaller diameter disk 64 .
- the disks are arranged on the shafts so that the periphery of a larger diameter disk on one shaft, for example disk 62 A rotatable by shaft 52 , overlaps the peripheries of two spaced-apart larger diameter disks, for example disks 62 B and 62 C, rotatable on the second shaft 50 so that a portion of disk 62 A moves between the spaced apart faces of the other two disks when the disks are rotated.
- the axial length of the smaller diameter disks 64 is chosen so that there is little axial clearance between adjacent faces of the larger diameter disks.
- Medications included in sheet-like artifacts such as blister packs and transdermal patches, having substantial lengths and widths, typically substantially greater than the artifact's thickness, will be shredded by the interaction of the overlapping closely spaced larger disks.
- a plurality of teeth 66 are preferably formed on the peripheries of the disks to engage sheet-like material, such as transdermal patches, and pull the material into the throat 68 of the hog, the area between the counter rotating shafts, where the material will be shredded.
- Medications, such as pills and capsules, entering the throat of the hog will be pulverized by the teeth on the rotating disks 62 , 64 .
- the hog may comprise other mechanisms for crushing, pulverizing or shredding medications and packaging.
- the rending elements of the hog may, for example, comprise rollers 80 , 82 affixed the respective shafts 50 , 52 for rotation.
- the rollers are arranged so that the peripheries are in contact or proximate at the throat 68 to crush medications drawn be between the rollers by counter-rotation.
- FIG. 4 illustrates rollers 80 , 82 having cogs 84 or teeth around their peripheries.
- the cogs of the rollers intermesh when the rollers are rotated and medication, such as pills, deposited in the hopper are drawn into the areas between cogs and crushed by the intermeshing cogs. If the cogs are spaced apart sufficiently, containers, such as a vial 86 for liquid medications, may be crushed between the cogged rollers.
- the hog may comprise a plurality of sections each incorporating a different type of rending element.
- a plurality of toothed disks 62 , 64 may be affixed to a first portion of the axial length of the shafts 50 , 52 and cogged rollers 80 , 82 may be affixed for rotation to a second portion of the axial length of the shafts 50 , 52 .
- the hopper may be divided by one or more internal walls 32 to direct material to the different portions of the hog.
- Material to be disposed of including pills, capsules, blister packs and transdermal patches, is placed in the hopper(s) where sloping sides will direct the material toward the throat 68 of the hog.
- the peripheral surfaces of the counter rotating rending elements of the hog for example toothed disks or cogged rollers, forces the material between the rotating elements where it is torn, shredded or pulverized.
- the rent material is expelled from the hog by the rotation of the rending elements, through the open end of a container and into a quantity of the disposal medium 24 in the container.
- the container may comprise a rigid canister 34 which is preferably lined with a disposable sack or bag 36 containing the disposal medium.
- the hog may be supported on the upper rim of the rigid canister or may be supported above the canister by separate frame.
- the hog may be supported by a frame and the container may comprise a bag or sack containing the disposal medium which is secured below the hog with the open end of the bag attached to the frame or the hog and arranged to receive the rended material from the hog.
- the disposal medium 24 comprises a medium suitable for burial in a landfill and/or incineration.
- the disposal medium absorbs liquids and may comprise a gel that absorbs liquids and pulverized solid medications.
- a preferred disposal medium for burial comprises cat litter.
- a preferred medium for disposal by incineration comprises shredded paper, such as shredded newsprint, which will absorb liquid and provides fuel for incinerating the aggregated disposal medium and rent medication waste.
- the disposal medium is preferably contained within a bag or container, such as a paper bag, which may be treated or lined to prevent liquids from leaking out of or weakening the bag and which is disposable by burial and/or incineration with the disposal medium. Burial in a landfill or incineration reduces the risk of medical contaminants entering waterways.
- the medication disposal system also preferably includes a system for facilitating the withdrawal of liquid medications from vials and aggregating the liquids with the disposal medium for disposal by burial or incineration.
- an interface 38 suitable for engaging a vial of medicine is located on the front surface of the hog.
- the interface of the liquid medication extraction system comprises a support for an upwardly projecting extraction tube 92 and an upwardly projecting vent tube 94 .
- the extraction tube and the vent tube are hollow tubes, preferably having sharpened ends to penetrate an elastic stopper 96 that closes the end of a vial 98 of a liquid medication 100 .
- the extraction tube and the vent tube pierce the stopper when a vial is pressed onto the interface.
- a liquid extraction system 90 in a liquid extraction system 90 the extraction tube is connected to a pump 102 by a conduit 104 .
- the pump is rotated by the crank 22 or by a motor, the medication is drawn out of the vial by the pump and expelled 106 into the disposal medium 24 in the container 34 .
- the vent tube 94 is open to the atmosphere to enable air to enter the vial as the medication is withdrawn.
- an alterative liquid extraction system 110 air pressurized by a compressor 112 driven by a motor 114 is introduced to the vial 98 through a vent tube 94 .
- the pressure in the vial expels the liquid from the vial through the extraction tube 92 and into the disposal medium.
- a pressure control valve 116 controls the pressure of the air introduced to the vial.
- the medication disposal apparatus renders surplus medications unusable and enables disposal with reduced risk to the environment and the persons involved in disposal.
- the medication is prepared for disposal by rending and aggregating with a disposal medium that is suitable for landfill burial and/or incineration. Following preparation, the aggregated mediation and disposal medium is buried or incinerated substantially reducing the risk of medical chemicals entering waterways.
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Abstract
Medication is disposed of by rending the medication, including medicaments stored in blister packs and transdermal patches, and aggregating the riven medication with a disposal medium that is suitable for burial or incineration. Burial or incineration of the aggregated disposal medium and the riven medication reduces the likelihood of water contamination.
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- This application is a division of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/890,685 filed Aug. 6, 2007.
- The present invention relates to a medication disposal system and, more particularly, to a method for disposing of medication and an apparatus for preparing medications for disposal.
- Disposal of surplus pharmaceuticals presents a significant problem for the health care industry. For example, recent studies of water and stream bottom sediments reveal that water pollution involves a wide range of contaminants. In addition to more well-known contaminants from industrial and agricultural sources, these studies have identified a wide ranging presence of pharmaceuticals in water and stream sediments. For example, a recent report of a study of sediment from streams and rivers in Oregon identified a number of medical chemicals including: antidepressants including venlafaxine, fluoxetine, and citalopram; an antihistamine, diphenhydramine; and diltiazem, a drug used to treat hypertension, angina and certain heart rhythm disorders. The effects of medical contaminants on ecosystems are unknown, but reproductive and behavioral changes in fish are believed to be connected to the presence of waterborne contaminants, including medical contaminants. In addition, it is speculated that the presence of medications in water and streambed sediments may facilitate development of bacteria and other organisms that are drug resistant. Moreover, in many areas, streams provide drinking water for humans and animals.
- Likewise, the sources of medical contaminants in rivers and streams are not fully known. However, it is a common practice to dispose of surplus medications in the sewer system. For example, surplus pills and capsules, resulting from a change in treatment or the death of a patient, are commonly disposed of by flushing down the toilet. Likewise, liquid medication is commonly disposed of in the sewer system. In addition, patients are instructed to dispose of transdermal patches by folding the adhesive sides together and flushing the patch down the toilet. Transdermal patches comprise an adhesive patch that is placed on the skin to deliver a time-released dose of medication through the skin and into the bloodstream. In some cases, a used transdermal patch may contain sufficient medication to be a danger to children and small animals and the medication can continue to be released in the sewer. Current waste treatment processes do not remove medications from sewage and the medical chemicals can enter waterways with the treatment effluent.
- In addition, the process of disposing of medications can present difficulty and risk to medical personnel. For example, the medication in a transdermal patch is intended to be absorbed through the skin and a person handling used or surplus patches during disposal may be exposed to a substantial dose of the medication. Similarly, liquid medication is commonly withdrawn from a vial with a hypodermic needle and disposed of in the sewer system. The process of emptying vials of medicine with a hypodermic needle can be laborious and presents a risk of injury in addition to the risk of environmental contamination resulting from disposal in the sewer system.
- What is desired, therefore, is a medication disposal system and method that reduces the potential for environmental contamination and injury to persons disposing of drugs.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an apparatus for preparing medications for disposal. -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of a hog for rending medications. -
FIG. 3 is a top view of a portion of a hog. -
FIG. 4 is an end view of intermeshing cogged rollers for an alternative construction of a medication rending hog. -
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of system for removing liquid medication from a vial. -
FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of an alternative system for removing liquid medication from a vial. - Medications take several forms, are delivered by a number of mechanisms and are stored in a variety of containers. Medicine may be ingested in the form of liquids, pills or capsules, a digestible gelatinous container with the medicament inside. Pills and capsules may be stored in bottles but are frequently stored in blister packs, comprising a preformed plastic blister which is typically sealed to a paperboard card. Liquid medications may be stored in bottles but some liquid medications are stored in sealed vials for delivery to the patient by injection. Other medications are dispensed with an adhesive transdermal patch. When the adhesive patch is applied to the skin, the medicament, which may be in the adhesive patch or a reservoir affixed to the patch, is absorbed through the skin. The inventor considered the wide variety of storage and delivery means for medication and concluded that environmental contamination and exposure to medication during disposal could be reduced if, with minimal contact with persons disposing of the medication, the medication could shredded, crushed, pulverized or otherwise rended, aggregated with a disposal medium suitable for placement in a landfill or for incineration and then, appropriately, buried or incinerated.
- Referring in detail to the drawings where similar parts are identified by like reference numerals, and, more particularly to
FIG. 1 , amedication disposal apparatus 20 comprises, generally, a shredder orhog 22 for rending pills, capsules and other solid medications; blister packs, transdermal patches and similar material and a quantity of adisposal medium 24 that is arranged to be aggregated with the rent medication that is being discarded. The hog includes ahopper 26 into which medications are placed in preparation for disposal. A hingedshield 28 can be opened to facilitate placing material in the hopper and closed to provide protection for personnel from material in the hopper during rending by the hog. - Referring also to
FIGS. 2 and 3 , the hog comprises generally a pair of rendingelements disposal medium 24. Anexemplary hog 40 comprises a pair ofparallel shafts frame 54. The shafts may be rotated in opposing directions by belts, independent motors or other means. Preferably,gears central pinion gear 60 that is rotatably mounted to the frame. The pinion gear can, in turn, be rotated by acrank 30 or by a motor. - The
exemplary hog 40 comprises a plurality disks arranged along portions of theshafts larger diameter disks 62 that are separated by asmaller diameter disk 64. The disks are arranged on the shafts so that the periphery of a larger diameter disk on one shaft, forexample disk 62A rotatable byshaft 52, overlaps the peripheries of two spaced-apart larger diameter disks, forexample disks second shaft 50 so that a portion ofdisk 62A moves between the spaced apart faces of the other two disks when the disks are rotated. The axial length of thesmaller diameter disks 64 is chosen so that there is little axial clearance between adjacent faces of the larger diameter disks. Medications included in sheet-like artifacts, such as blister packs and transdermal patches, having substantial lengths and widths, typically substantially greater than the artifact's thickness, will be shredded by the interaction of the overlapping closely spaced larger disks. A plurality ofteeth 66 are preferably formed on the peripheries of the disks to engage sheet-like material, such as transdermal patches, and pull the material into thethroat 68 of the hog, the area between the counter rotating shafts, where the material will be shredded. Medications, such as pills and capsules, entering the throat of the hog will be pulverized by the teeth on the rotatingdisks - The hog may comprise other mechanisms for crushing, pulverizing or shredding medications and packaging. Referring to
FIG. 4 , the rending elements of the hog may, for example, compriserollers respective shafts throat 68 to crush medications drawn be between the rollers by counter-rotation.FIG. 4 illustratesrollers cogs 84 or teeth around their peripheries. The cogs of the rollers intermesh when the rollers are rotated and medication, such as pills, deposited in the hopper are drawn into the areas between cogs and crushed by the intermeshing cogs. If the cogs are spaced apart sufficiently, containers, such as avial 86 for liquid medications, may be crushed between the cogged rollers. - The hog may comprise a plurality of sections each incorporating a different type of rending element. For example, a plurality of
toothed disks shafts cogged rollers shafts internal walls 32 to direct material to the different portions of the hog. - Material to be disposed of, including pills, capsules, blister packs and transdermal patches, is placed in the hopper(s) where sloping sides will direct the material toward the
throat 68 of the hog. The peripheral surfaces of the counter rotating rending elements of the hog, for example toothed disks or cogged rollers, forces the material between the rotating elements where it is torn, shredded or pulverized. The rent material is expelled from the hog by the rotation of the rending elements, through the open end of a container and into a quantity of thedisposal medium 24 in the container. The container may comprise arigid canister 34 which is preferably lined with a disposable sack orbag 36 containing the disposal medium. The hog may be supported on the upper rim of the rigid canister or may be supported above the canister by separate frame. On the other hand, the hog may be supported by a frame and the container may comprise a bag or sack containing the disposal medium which is secured below the hog with the open end of the bag attached to the frame or the hog and arranged to receive the rended material from the hog. - The
disposal medium 24 comprises a medium suitable for burial in a landfill and/or incineration. Preferably, the disposal medium absorbs liquids and may comprise a gel that absorbs liquids and pulverized solid medications. A preferred disposal medium for burial comprises cat litter. A preferred medium for disposal by incineration comprises shredded paper, such as shredded newsprint, which will absorb liquid and provides fuel for incinerating the aggregated disposal medium and rent medication waste. The disposal medium is preferably contained within a bag or container, such as a paper bag, which may be treated or lined to prevent liquids from leaking out of or weakening the bag and which is disposable by burial and/or incineration with the disposal medium. Burial in a landfill or incineration reduces the risk of medical contaminants entering waterways. - The medication disposal system also preferably includes a system for facilitating the withdrawal of liquid medications from vials and aggregating the liquids with the disposal medium for disposal by burial or incineration. In the exemplary
medication disposal system 20, aninterface 38 suitable for engaging a vial of medicine is located on the front surface of the hog. Referring also toFIGS. 5 and 6 , the interface of the liquid medication extraction system comprises a support for an upwardly projectingextraction tube 92 and an upwardly projectingvent tube 94. The extraction tube and the vent tube are hollow tubes, preferably having sharpened ends to penetrate anelastic stopper 96 that closes the end of avial 98 of aliquid medication 100. The extraction tube and the vent tube pierce the stopper when a vial is pressed onto the interface. Referring toFIG. 5 , in aliquid extraction system 90 the extraction tube is connected to apump 102 by aconduit 104. When the pump is rotated by thecrank 22 or by a motor, the medication is drawn out of the vial by the pump and expelled 106 into thedisposal medium 24 in thecontainer 34. Thevent tube 94 is open to the atmosphere to enable air to enter the vial as the medication is withdrawn. - Referring to
FIG. 6 , in an alterativeliquid extraction system 110, air pressurized by acompressor 112 driven by amotor 114 is introduced to thevial 98 through avent tube 94. The pressure in the vial expels the liquid from the vial through theextraction tube 92 and into the disposal medium. Apressure control valve 116 controls the pressure of the air introduced to the vial. - The medication disposal apparatus renders surplus medications unusable and enables disposal with reduced risk to the environment and the persons involved in disposal. The medication is prepared for disposal by rending and aggregating with a disposal medium that is suitable for landfill burial and/or incineration. Following preparation, the aggregated mediation and disposal medium is buried or incinerated substantially reducing the risk of medical chemicals entering waterways.
- The detailed description, above, sets forth numerous specific details to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well known methods, procedures, components, and circuitry have not been described in detail to avoid obscuring the present invention.
- All the references cited herein are incorporated by reference.
- The terms and expressions that have been employed in the foregoing specification are used as terms of description and not of limitation, and there is no intention, in the use of such terms and expressions, of excluding equivalents of the features shown and described or portions thereof, it being recognized that the scope of the invention is defined and limited only by the claims that follow.
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1. A method for disposing of a medication comprising the steps of:
(a) rending said medication;
(b) aggregating said riven medication with a disposal medium suitable for at least one of burial and incineration; and
(c) disposing of said aggregation of riven medication and disposal medium by one of burial and incineration.
2. The method for disposing of a medication of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:
(a) extracting a liquid medicament from a vial;
(b) aggregating said liquid medicament and said disposal medium; and
(c) disposing of said aggregation of liquid medication and disposal medium by one of burial and incineration.
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