DEGRADABLE MEDICAL SHARPS AND WASTE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 2012702

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EP 2 012 702 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.01.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	14.01.2009 Bulletin 2009/03

(21)	Application number: 07756168.6

(22)	Date of filing: 02.05.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 19/02^(2006.01)

B65D 65/46^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2007/010536

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/130402 (15.11.2007 Gazette 2007/46)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

03.05.2006 US 797293 P

(71)	Applicant: Tyco Healthcare Group LP
	Mansfield, MA 02048 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	RESHAMWALA, Piyush, J. Crystal Lake, IL 60014-8897 (US)

(74)	Representative: Elsy, David et al
	Withers & Rogers LLP Goldings House 2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)

(54)	DEGRADABLE MEDICAL SHARPS AND WASTE CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME