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US 2022/0118206 A1Published application
An airway management device and methods of manufacturing an object
OwnerRonald Craig WIGHTinventor
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Abstract
An airway management device has a body (6) including an external shell moulded from a polypropylene copolymer (PP) blended with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), the external shell extending from a proximal opening to a distal tip of the body (6), the external shell having a curved portion (35) and a linear portion (37). Methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
Claims21
An airway management device, comprising:
- a body (6) including an external shell moulded from a polypropylene copolymer (PP) blended with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), the external shell extending from a proximal opening to a distal tip of the body (6), the external shell having a curved portion (35) and a linear portion (37).
A method of forming an airway management device, comprising:
- providing a body (6) comprising polypropylene copolymer (PP) and thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), including an external shell moulded from a majority PP copolymer blended with SEBS extending from a proximal opening to a distal tip of the body (6).
A method of forming an object, comprising:
- injection moulding a first portion of the object over a first core associated with a fixture;
- after the injection moulding of the first portion, moving a second core associated with the fixture to a deployed position;
- and
- injection moulding a second portion of the object over the second core and the first portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.