Conveying pipeline, manufacturing method thereof, and bionic platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020173984-A1
Application number	US-201916417635-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 20, 2019
Priority date	Dec 4, 2018
Publication date	Jun 4, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

A conveying pipeline including a bionic tube, a delivery tube, and a shrinkable tube is provided. A portion of the delivery tube is located in the bionic tube, so that the bionic tube has an overlapping region with the delivery tube. The shrinkable tube wraps the bionic tube located in the overlapping region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A conveying pipeline comprising:
a bionic tube; a delivery tube, wherein a portion of the delivery tube is located in the bionic tube, so that the bionic tube has an overlapping region with the delivery tube; and a shrinkable tube wrapping the bionic tube located in the overlapping region.

2 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the bionic tube comprises hydrogel, collagen, gelatin, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, chitin, alginic acid, cellulose or a derivative thereof.

3 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the delivery tube comprises a rigid material.

4 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 3 , wherein the delivery tube comprises a needle or a plastic tube.

5 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 1 , wherein the shrinkable tube comprises a heat-shrinkable tube or a cold-shrinkable tube.

6 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 1 , wherein the shrinkable tube does not wrap the bionic tube located outside the overlapping region.

7 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 1 , wherein the shrinkable tube further wraps at least a portion of the delivery tube located outside the overlapping region.

8 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 1 , further comprising a filler, wherein the filler is located between the shrinkable tube and the bionic tube.

9 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 8 , wherein the filler extends outside the shrinkable tube.

10 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 9 , wherein the filler wraps at least a portion of an outer surface of the shrinkable tube.

11 . The conveying pipeline according to claim 8 , wherein a material of the filler comprises hydrogel, collagen, gelatin, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, chitin, alginic acid, cellulose or a derivative thereof.

12 . A bionic platform comprising the conveying pipeline according to claim 1 .

13 . A method of manufacturing a conveying pipeline, comprising:
providing a bionic tube; inserting a portion of a delivery tube into the bionic tube, so that the bionic tube has an overlapping region with the delivery tube; and wrapping the bionic tube located in the overlapping region with a shrinkable tube to fix the bionic tube to the delivery tube.

14 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 13 , wherein the shrinkable tube does not wrap the bionic tube located outside the overlapping region.

15 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 13 , wherein the shrinkable tube further wraps at least a portion of the delivery tube located outside the overlapping region.

16 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 13 , wherein when the shrinkable tube is a heat-shrinkable tube, a method of wrapping the bionic tube located in the overlapping region with the shrinkable tube comprises:
sleeving the shrinkable tube on the bionic tube located in the overlapping region; and heating the shrinkable tube to shrink, so that the shrinkable tube wraps the bionic tube located in the overlapping region.

17 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 13 , wherein when the shrinkable tube is a cold-shrinkable tube, a method of wrapping the bionic tube located in the overlapping region with the shrinkable tube comprises:
expanding the shrinkable tube and sleeving the shrinkable tube on the bionic tube located in the overlapping region; and shrinking the shrinkable tube by elastic retractive force, so that the shrinkable tube wraps the bionic tube located in the overlapping region.

18 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 13 , further comprising filling a filler between the shrinkable tube and the bionic tube.

19 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 18 , wherein the filler extends outside the shrinkable tube.

20 . The method of manufacturing the conveying pipeline according to claim 19 , wherein the filler wraps at least a portion of an outer surface of the shrinkable tube.

Assignees

• Univ Nat Tsing Hua

Inventors

• Tseng Fan-Gang
• Chen Jye-Sheng
• Chen Jyun-Wei
• Liu bo-heng

Classifications

• B29L2023/22

  Tubes or pipes, i.e. rigid (bent tubes not for use as pipe couplings B29L2023/004) · CPC title

• B29C63/42 Primary

  using tubular layers or sheathings · CPC title

• G01N33/5008 Primary

  for testing or evaluating the effect of chemical or biological compounds, e.g. drugs, cosmetics · CPC title

• A61M39/08

  Tubes; Storage means specially adapted therefor · CPC title