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US 11,478,962 B2Granted
Method of manufacturing elastomer articles having embedded electronics
AssigneeWest Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
InventorsKerry Drake, Heike Gruen, Jeffrey M. Laubach, Martin McGarry, Jason Krizan, Patrick Dowling, Joel Worman
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a medical component includes preparing a first sheet of an elastomeric material, arranging at least one electronic device in the first sheet of elastomeric material to obtain an elastomeric preform, and arranging the elastomeric preform in a mold and molding the elastomeric preform therein to cure the elastomeric material and form the medical component having the at least one electronic device embedded therein.
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A method of manufacturing a medical component, the method comprising:
- preparing a first sheet of an elastomeric material;
- arranging at least one electronic device in the first sheet of elastomeric material to obtain an elastomeric preform;
- applying a protective film on a surface of the elastomeric preform, such that the protective film covers an exposed surface of the at least one electronic device;
- aligning the elastomeric preform covered by the protective film in a mold such that the at least one electronic device is received within an open cavity defined by the mold;
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- molding the elastomeric preform covered by the protective film to cure the elastomeric material and form the medical component having the at least one electronic device embedded therein.
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