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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael Vaillancourt, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
VLV Associates, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264249 ; 2642978 ; 264322 ; 264339 ; 264259 ; 604905 ;
Abstract
The method of mounting a disc-shaped septum within a connector includes a step of deforming a thin annular wall at the end of the connector into a curled over shape so as to secure the septum in place. Curling over of these wall occurs under heat energy which is applied only to the end of the connector without heating of the main body of the connector. Deformation of the thin end wall of the connector causes an outward bulging of a peripheral edge of the connector as well as bulging of the opposite ends of the connector into a domed shape.