US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Nov. 3 for "Sharps container" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,705, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Sharps container" was invented by James Burgess (Lake Bluff, Ill.), Scott Bedoe (McHenry, Ill.) and Hongmeng Tian (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container for disposal of medical waste is provided that comprises a receptacle with an open top. A lid is attached to the receptacle to cover the open top of the receptacle. The lid has an elongated opening sized to permit the introduction of medical waste into the receptacle. A closure flap is connected to the lid to selectively close the lid opening. The closure flap is movable between an o...