Porous supports and vacuum hold down device using said supports
AssigneeSofradim Production
InventorsStephane Rochet, Thomas Vial
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a porous support (20) intended to be removably positioned on a top side (11b) of a perforated plate (11) of a table (10) of a vacuum hold down device (1), said perforated plate having a bottom side (11a) connected to a vacuum system (13) for producing reduced pressure on said bottom side, wherein the porous support comprises a perforated tray (21) provided on one side (21a) with outer reliefs (23) and on the other side (21b) with a blade penetrable porous structure (22) fixed thereon. The invention further relates to a vacuum hold down device (1) comprising such a support. The invention also relates to a process for replacing a first porous support by a second porous support in such a device.
Claims22
1-11. (canceled)
A process for replacing a first porous support positioned on a perforated plate of a vacuum hold down device by a second porous support, comprising the following steps:
- i) removing the first porous support, and
- ii) positioning the second porous support on a top side of the perforated plate, with outer reliefs of a perforated tray of the second porous support facing the top side of the perforated plate.
A process for manufacturing cut textiles comprising
- positioning a first porous support on a top side of a perforated plate of a vacuum hold device, the first porous support including a first perforated tray provided on a first bottom side with first outer reliefs configured to face the top side of the perforated plate and on a first top side with a blade penetrable first porous structure, the first porous structure including a first surgical textile laid thereon,
- cutting at least the first surgical textile with a cutting device,
- removing the first porous support as a unit from the perforated plate of the vacuum hold device,
- positioning a second porous support on the top side of the perforated plate of the vacuum hold device, the second porous support including a second perforated tray provided on a second bottom side with second outer reliefs configured to face the top side of the perforated plate and on a second top side with a second blade penetrable porous structure including a second surgical textile laid thereon, and
- cutting at least the second surgical textile with the cutting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.