Title:
SYSTEN AND METHOD FOR COATING BIOMEDICAL WIRES WITH INSULATIVE COATING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/039577
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method of operating an extruder (10) to coat biomedical wires (18) with insulative material, comprises: feeding a length of biomedical wire (18) through a tip of the extruder (10); providing extrudate, concurrently with the feeding, through an extruder die (28) of the extruder (10), wherein the tip is adjustable relative to the extruder die (28); measuring a back pressure of extrudate behind the tip and extruder die (28) multiple times for multiple locations of the tip relative to the extruder die; selecting a position for the tip relative to the extruder die (28) in relation to a maximum back pressure value determined, in part, by the measuring.
Inventors:
BURROS PAUL (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/058222
Publication Date:
June 03, 2010
Filing Date:
September 24, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYS (US)
BURROS PAUL (US)
BURROS PAUL (US)
International Classes:
A61M25/00; B29C48/06; B29C48/34; B29C48/92
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2006114118A1 | 2006-11-02 |
Foreign References:
| US4708837A | 1987-11-24 | |||
| US6814557B1 | 2004-11-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CRAWFORD, Christopher, S., L. (Plano, TX, US)
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