Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Medical tubes and methods of manufacture
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Application No.: US16125594Application Date: 2018-09-07
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Publication No.: US11318270B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Elmo Benson Stoks , Charles Christopher North
- Applicant: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Applicant Address: NZ Auckland
- Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Current Assignee: Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Auckland
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: B29C53/78
- IPC: B29C53/78 ; B29C53/60 ; A61M39/00 ; A61M16/08 ; A61M16/10 ; A61M13/00 ; A61M5/44 ; A61M16/16 ; A61M25/00

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190076620A1 MEDICAL TUBES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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