Hydrogel film attach
AssigneeSenseonics, Incorporated
InventorsPhilip Huffstetler, Sanat Mohanty, Giacomo Fornasini, Robert Atwood
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for attaching a hydrogel film to a product. The hydrogel film may be produced by injecting a monomer solution into a mold, polymerizing the monomer solution in the mold to produce a hydrogel sheet, and cutting the hydrogel sheet to produce one or more hydrogel films. The process may include attaching a hydrogel film of the one or more hydrogel films to a product. Attaching the hydrogel sheet to the product may include applying an adhesive onto the product, placing a first edge of the hydrogel film in the adhesive on the product, and placing a second edge of the hydrogel film in the adhesive on the product.
Claims39
A process comprising:
- injecting a monomer solution into a mold;
- polymerizing the monomer solution in the mold to produce a hydrogel sheet;
- cutting the hydrogel sheet to produce one or more hydrogel films;
- and
- attaching a hydrogel film of the one or more hydrogel films to a product.
A process of using a hydrogel film attachment tool to attach a hydrogel film to a product, the process comprising:
- holding the product in one or more product cradles of the hydrogel film attachment tool;
- and
- using a roller of the hydrogel film attachment tool to attach the hydrogel film to the product.
A hydrogel film attachment tool comprising:
- one or more product cradles configured to hold a product;
- and
- a roller configured to attach a hydrogel film to the product.
An adhesive application tool for applying an adhesive on a product, the adhesive application tool comprising:
- one or more first rollers;
- one or more second rollers;
- one or more holders including one or more slots configured such that the product in the one or more slots rests on the one or more first rollers and the one or more second rollers;
- and
- a motor configured to cause (i) the one or more first rollers to rotate and deposit adhesive on the product and/or (ii) the one more second rollers to rotate and remove excess adhesive from the product.
A hydrogel film attachment tool for attaching a hydrogel film to a product, the hydrogel film attach tool comprising:
- a housing;
- a structure moveably positioned in the housing, wherein the structure comprises one or more magnets configured to hold the product, and the structure is configured to place the product on the hydrogel film.
A method for attaching a hydrogel film to a product, the method comprising:
- placing a hydrogel film on a film rolling ramp of a hydrogel film attachment tool;
- placing the product on the hydrogel film on the film rolling ramp;
- and
- rolling the product on the film rolling ramp and over the hydrogel film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.