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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Thomas H. Gilman, Spring Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hollister Incorporated, Libertyville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); B29B 11/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/20 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0069 (2013.01); A61M 25/001 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0067 (2013.01); A61M 25/0068 (2013.01); B29B 11/04 (2013.01); B29C 45/14426 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/20 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7542 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter has extruded length of tubing and an injection molded tip that facilitates insertion of the catheter into the body. The catheter is fabricated by the steps of providing the tubing, for example, by extruding the tubing from a thermoplastic resin cutting the tubing to the desired length, inserting a plug into the tubing, inserting one end of the tubing into an injection mold cavity, creating and forming a tip in an injection molding step, and demolding the tubing with the formed tip.