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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2021
Intersurgical Ag, Vaduz, LI;
Martin David Spayne, Berkshire, GB;
Derek Anthony Mclaughlin, Berkshire, GB;
Simon Robert Payne, Berkshire, GB;
Matthew James William Leary, Berkshire, GB;
Mark Jennings, Berkshire, GB;
INTERSURGICAL AG, Vaduz, LI;
Abstract
There is provided a method of manufacturing a sealing member (). The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a mould having a cavity, a polymer injection port and a gas inlet port (); (b) injecting a polymer and a blowing agent through the polymer injection port () into the cavity of the mould; and (c) introducing gas through the gas inlet port () into the cavity of the mould, to form a sealing member (). The sealing member () comprises an internal chamber () at least partially bounded by a resiliently deformable enclosing wall formed of the polymer, the enclosing wall including an external surface, the external surface having a form that is determined by the cavity of the mould.