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US 2022/0040446 A1Published application
Injection molded cannula and method for making same
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorsJeff Reed, Andrew Allegretti, Jean-Pierre Karam
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Abstract
A method, including the operations of molding a hollow cannula to create flash on the cannula at parting lines of a mold, retaining the flash on the cannula, and installing the cannula with the flash in a medical device.
Claims11
A method, comprising:
- molding a hollow cannula to create flash e cannula at parting lines of a mold;
- retaining the flash on the cannula;
- and
- installing the cannula with the flash in a medical device.
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A method, comprising:
- designing a mold for molding a cannula for a medical device so that an intentional flash is formed at parting lines of the mold during molding of a cannula;
- molding a cannula using the mold;
- maintaining the flash on the molded cannula after the molding;
- and
- installing the molded cannula with the flash in a medical device.
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