Catheter for antimicrobial control and method of manufacturing thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10625465-B2
Application number	US-201815906497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2018
Priority date	Jun 15, 2011
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method comprising transporting a conduit and a template through a guide tube; the template being disposed on an outer surface of the conduit between the conduit and the guide tube; and transferring a texture from the template to the conduit as the conduit and the template are transported through the guide tube. Disclosed herein too is an apparatus comprising a guide tube; the guide tube being operative to facilitate a transfer of a pattern from a template to a conduit; a first feed spool and a first take-up spool for feeding the conduit through the guide tube and for taking up the conduit after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively; and a second feed spool and a second take-up spool for feeding the template through the guide tube and for taking up the template after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a guide tube, the guide tube being operative to facilitate a transfer of a pattern from a template to a conduit;
a first feed spool and a first take-up spool for feeding the conduit through the guide tube and for taking up the conduit after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively;
a second feed spool and a second take-up spool for feeding the template through the guide tube and for taking up the template after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively; and
a centering device, the centering device being operative to center the conduit during its travel through the guide tube.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a curing chamber, the curing chamber being operative to cure the conduit.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the template comprises a plurality of templates, each of which is operative to transfer a texture to the conduit.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the template is in the form of a single film that is wrapped around an entire circumference of the conduit during a travel of the conduit through the guide tube.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the guide tube pressurizes the template to contact the guide tube.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a conical guide that contacts the guide tube, the conical guide being operative to guide the conduit into the guide tube.

Assignees

• Univ Florida
• Sharklet Tech Inc

Inventors

• Brennan Anthony B
• Stoneberg Ryan
• Thielman Walter Scott

Classifications

• B29C2035/0822

  using IR radiation · CPC title

• B29C2035/0855

  using microwave · CPC title

• B29C2035/0877

  using electron radiation, e.g. beta-rays · CPC title

• B29C35/02

  Heating or curing, e.g. crosslinking or vulcanizing {during moulding, e.g. in a mould}(cold vulcanisation B29C35/18 {; vulcanising tyres, presses therefor B29D30/0601}) · CPC title

• B29L2031/7542

  Catheters · CPC title