Tube Seal and Cut Device
AssigneeInvetech, Inc.
InventorsCameron Keller, Robert Alister Neil
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Abstract
A tube seal apparatus including a sealing iron having a tube sealing end, an insulating shroud having a tube clamping end, wherein the sealing iron is at least partially disposed within the insulating shroud. The apparatus further includes an anvil having a cutting detail and a non-stick membrane disposed between the anvil and the tube clamping end of the insulating shroud. The sealing iron and insulating shroud are configured to advance towards a tube to be sealed positioned between the non-stick membrane and the anvil. The tube clamping end is configured to clamp the tube through the non-stick membrane. The sealing iron is configured to advance towards the tube to melt and seal the tube against the cutting detail through the non-stick membrane.
Claims11
A tube seal apparatus comprising:
- a sealing iron comprising a tube sealing end;
- an insulating shroud comprising a tube clamping end, wherein the sealing iron is at least partially disposed within the insulating shroud;
- an anvil comprising a cutting detail;
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- a non-stick membrane disposed between the anvil and the tube clamping end of the insulating shroud;
- wherein the sealing iron and insulating shroud are configured to advance towards a tube to be sealed positioned between the non-stick membrane and the anvil;
- wherein the tube clamping end is configured to clamp the tube through the non-stick membrane;
- and wherein the sealing iron is configured to advance towards the tube to melt and seal the tube against the cutting detail through the non-stick membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.