1. An apparatus for quarantine of medical waste, the apparatus comprising:
a mouth located at a distal end of the apparatus;
a flexibly configured chute for receiving the waste via the mouth; and
a collection container for receiving the waste via the chute, wherein the container provides a reservoir to collect the waste.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein an opening of the mouth is relatively larger than a corresponding opening of the chute.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection container is removable.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a spring for moving a lid of the mouth from an open to a closed position.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a handle for opening the mouth lid.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flexible configuration of the chute allows for vertical and horizontal adjustment.
7. An apparatus for disposal of sharps, the apparatus comprising:
a mouth for receiving the sharps, wherein the mouth opens into a chute;
a carriage for transport of the sharps along the chute; and
a carriage guide coupled to the chute to guide the carriage from the mouth to a removable container, which collects a plurality of the sharps.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:
a pulley;
a cable; and
a motor, wherein the pulley, cable and motor interact to move the carriage along the carriage guide between receiving and discharge positions.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:
cable holders mounted on the carriage;
carriage rollers mounted on shafts within the carriage guide; and
a carriage lid rotatably attached to the carriage via a carriage lid shaft.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:
a torsion spring biasing the carriage lid in a closed position.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:
carriage stoppers, limiters and a cam that interact to overcome the bias to open the carriage lid.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein, upon reaching the cam, the lid opens by rotation of the carriage lid shaft, to deposit the sharp in the collection container.
13. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein release of the handle returns the mouth lid to a closed position and activates the motor to drive the cable to move the carriage to a discharge position.
14. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the mouth can be freely positioned without gravity assist to carry the sharp through the chute.
15. A method for avoid sticking by a medical sharp, the method comprising:
prior to a medical procedure, creating an immediately available disposal point by positioning a mouth of a sharps collection apparatus adjacent to a patient; and
disposing of the medical sharp by pushing the medical sharp into the mouth of the apparatus, thereby eliminating excess motion by the caregiver during the medical procedure.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising operating a swing handle to rotate a mouth lid to allow the sharp to fall into a chute of the apparatus.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein a carriage of the apparatus transports the sharp to a removable collection canister.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of operating a cellular wireless handset comprising:
pre-populating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) bookmark file included in a cellular wireless handset file system of a cellular wireless handset with URL bookmark data provided from a URL bookmark server via a cellular wireless network.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the URL bookmark server comprises a URL bookmark server configured to synchronize first URL bookmark data utilized by a web browser on the cellular wireless handset with second URL bookmark data utilized by a second device.
3. A method according to claim 2 wherein the URL bookmark data used to pre-populate the URL bookmark file includes the second URL bookmark data utilized by the second device previously un-entered into the web browser prior to pre-populating the URL bookmark file with first and second URL bookmark data.
4. A method according to claim 2 wherein the URL bookmark data used to pre-populate the URL bookmark file includes the second URL bookmark data provided by a third party previously un-entered into the web browser prior to pre-populating the URL bookmark file with first and second URL bookmark data.
5. A method according to claim 2 further comprising:
transferring the URL bookmark data to the cellular wireless handset via the network before completing registration of the cellular wireless handset with the cellular wireless network.
6. A method according to claim 1 wherein pre-populating a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) bookmark file further comprises:
registering the cellular wireless handset with the cellular wireless network;
transferring the URL bookmark data to the cellular wireless handset via the network before instantiating a cellular wireless handset web browser to pre-populate the URL bookmark file; and then
instantiating the cellular wireless handset web browser; and
providing the pre-populated URL bookmark file to the cellular wireless handset web browser.
7. A method according to claim 6 wherein the URL bookmark server comprises a first URL bookmark server and wherein transferring the URL bookmark data to the cellular wireless handset via the network further comprises:
requesting the URL bookmark data from a second URL bookmark server via the first URL bookmark server.
8. A method according to claim 7 further comprising:
receiving a response, including the URL bookmark data, from the second URL bookmark server in a first format;
translating the response to a second format comprising a native format for the cellular wireless handset; and
transmitting the URL bookmark data from the first URL bookmark server to the cellular wireless handset in native format.
9. A method according to claim 8 wherein the native format comprises an application-programming interface associated with the cellular wireless handset.
10. A method according to claim 6 further comprising:
determining geographic location information associated with the cellular wireless handset; and
selecting the URL bookmark data transferred to the cellular wireless handset based on the geographic location information associated with the cellular wireless handset.
11. A method according to claim 10 wherein determining comprises:
determining geographic location information associated with the cellular wireless handset based on GPS information provided by the cellular wireless handset or based on registration or operating information associated with the cellular wireless handset maintained by the cellular wireless network, or based on a location of a base station used to provide service to the handset.
12. A cellular wireless handset comprising:
a transceiver circuit configured to transmitreceive data tofrom a cellular wireless network in which the cellular wireless handset is registered for service;
a processor circuit, coupled to the transceiver circuit, the processor circuit configured to coordinate operations of the cellular wireless handset in communicating with the cellular wireless network; and
a memory circuit, coupled to the processor circuit, the memory circuit configured to store pre-populated URL bookmark data received form the cellular wireless network.
13. A cellular wireless handset according to claim 12 wherein the processor circuit is configured to request the URL bookmark data before completing registration of the cellular wireless handset with the cellular wireless network.
14. A cellular wireless handset according to claim 12 wherein the processor circuit is configured to receive the URL bookmark data for storage in the memory circuit before instantiating a cellular wireless handset web browser to pre-populate a URL bookmark file within the cellular wireless handset file system.
15. A cellular wireless server for operating a URL bookmark service comprising:
a processor circuit, configured to receive requests for pre-populated Uniform Resource Locator (URL) bookmark data prior to instantiation of a web browser operating on a cellular wireless handset; and
a memory circuit, coupled to the processor circuit, the memory circuit configured to store the URL bookmark data to be pre-populated in cellular wireless handset.
16. A server according to claim 15 wherein the processor circuit is configured to synchronize first URL bookmark data utilized by the web browser on the cellular wireless handset with second URL bookmark data utilized by a second device.
17. A server according to claim 16 wherein the URL bookmark data used to pre-populate a URL bookmark file in the cellular wireless handset includes the second URL bookmark data utilized by the second device previously un-entered into the web browser prior to pre-populating the URL bookmark file with first and second URL bookmark data.
18. A server according to claim 16 wherein the URL bookmark data used to pre-populate the URL bookmark file includes the second URL bookmark data provided by a third party previously un-entered into the web browser prior to pre-populating the URL bookmark file with first and second URL bookmark data.
19. A server according to claim 16 further comprising:
transferring the URL bookmark data to the cellular wireless handset via the network before completing registration of the cellular wireless handset with the cellular wireless network.