US Patent Issued to Vigilant Waste Technologies on July 21 for "Drug waste depository systems, apparatuses, and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,693, issued on July 21, was assigned to Vigilant Waste Technologies Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Drug waste depository systems, apparatuses, and methods" was invented by David A. Nelson (Austin, Texas) and Alfred R. Baddour (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and systems are provided which include a drug waste depository apparatus with a housing having a waste input port and a chamber, wherein the chamber comprises a waste inlet coupled to the waste input port and a waste outlet. The housing includes an interior space for receiving a removable module that is configured to analyze, sequester, and/or adulterate one or m...