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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Audrey Contente, New York, NY (US);
Wendell W. Guthrie, Missoula, MT (US);
Randy S. Wills, Florence, MT (US);
Ultrafem, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a device having a first elastomeric portion and a second elastomeric portion, the second elastomeric portion being formed into a non-planar shape, i.e., a vaginal discharge collection device that is formed of an elastomeric rim and a flexible film reservoir. The apparatus includes a loading station for loading a rim into a carrier plate, a heat seal station for laying and forming a film over the rim, a preheating station for preheating the rim and film, a forming station for drawing the film into a chamber by creating a vacuum to form the collector, and an unloading station for removing the collector from the carrier plate.