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7622069 |
Molding methods using shape memory polymers
A molding method includes inserting a preform having a predetermined part shape into an external mold having the predetermined part shape. The preform has therein a perforated shape memory polymer...
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7550189 |
Variable stiffness structure
In some embodiments, a variable stiffness structure is provided having constant stiffness material layers and variable modulus material layers arranged in alternating layers. The variable modulus...
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7517941 |
Shrink film
A shrink film comprising a polyethylene film of thickness 5 to 500 μm, wherein the polyethylene comprises an ethylene homopolymer-copolymer mixture having a molecular weight distribution in the...
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7472705 |
Methods of forming a nebulizing catheter
A method and apparatus for delivering a medicine to a patient via the patient's respiratory system with control and efficiency. A nebulization catheter is positioned in the patient's respiratory...
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7429344 |
Method of mounting a resin-molded member
A method of mounting a mounting member onto a member to be mounted, at least one of which is resin-molded is carried out by molding the mounting member and the member to be mounted and mounting the...
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7422714 |
Method of using a shape memory material as a mandrel for composite part manufacturing
A method of fabricating and using a removable, inflatable mandrel of shape memory polymer for use in manufacturing composite parts including the steps of providing a processed pre-form of shape...
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7396498 |
Orientation of films to improve barrier and UV stability
The invention disclosed herein relates to a method of treating plastics material fibers, filaments or film to improve their resistance to degradation by UV radiation and/or increase their...
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7334327 |
Manufacturing method of radio frequency connector
A method of manufacturing a RF connector includes the following steps. First, a first workpiece with first assembly units is provided. Each first assembly unit includes a first joint piece with a...
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7322988 |
Methods of forming catheters with soft distal tips
A catheter can be formed from an elongate shaft and a distal tip. The catheter can be formed by flaring a proximal end of the distal tip to form a flared proximal end and positioning the distal tip...
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7306756 |
Methods for making encapsulated stent-grafts
A method for making an encapsulated stent-graft having an essentially tubular configuration with a central longitudinal lumen and having a first diameter and a second diameter, wherein the first...
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7306686 |
Method for reutilising plastic receptacles and article produced by said method
The invention relates to recycling polymeric articles, in particular plastic receptacles and can be used for reutilizing plastic receptacles made of a heat-shrinkable material. The inventive method...
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7279125 |
Take-off unit
A withdrawal device for blow-molded film has an air turning bar with an air cushioned surface for transporting the film, and the bar surface includes at least in part a sintered material. The...
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7276195 |
Maleimide based high temperature shape memory polymers
Shape memory polymers prepared by copolymerizing two monomers, which each separately produce polymers characterized by different glass transition temperatures in the presence of a multi-functional...
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7261854 |
Insert molding technique
An insert component ( 2 ) is located at a predetermined position between a pair of halves of a mold ( 1 ) in an open state while being held by a support ( 12 ) for holding the insert component ( 2...
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7261850 |
Methods of making balloon catheter tip
A balloon catheter for medical treatment of a patient has an improved tip design and methods of making the tip. The balloon catheter has a flexible shaft with proximal and distal ends, a hub...
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7255761 |
Stitch-bonded and gathered composites and methods for making same
Disclosed herein is a composite comprising at least one heat shrinkable adhesive layer stitch-bonded with yarns, which shrink less than the adhesive layer or do not shrink, when the adhesive layer...
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7189222 |
Therapeutic method of treatment of alzheimer's disease
A method and apparatus for treating Alzheimer's disease is disclosed. The method comprises delivering indomethacin or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents having cyclooxygenase inhibitor action...
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7160494 |
Method for fabricating a hard cover for an article
A method for facilitating the fabrication of a hard cover for an article is provided. The method includes positioning shrinkable material over at least a portion of the article and shrinking the...
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7060140 |
Self-healing tribological surfaces
A self-healing tribological surface comprises a shape memory material. The self-healing tribological surface can be used for recovering a scratches and/or indentations in the surface. Processes for...
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6986855 |
Structural and optical applications for shape memory polymers (SMP)
The methods of manufacturing molds from shape memory materials and molds made thereby, in accordance with the present invention, provide numerous advantages for molding castable composite parts....
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6932669 |
Jointed linkage system
A system for molding a jointed linkage support system with joints that allow movement and bending in many directions and degrees of freedom. A chain-like linkage system made up of a series of...
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6916438 |
Methods for texturing, patterning and bending polymer sheet materials
The texturing, patterning and bending of a solid surface material. The end product can be achieved both through casting technologies and heat pressure processes. Controlled surface deformation can...
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6866805 |
Hybrid intravascular stent
A hybrid stent is formed which exhibits both high flexibility and high radial strength. The expandable hybrid stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as a coronary artery, consists of radially...
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6797218 |
Method for shrinkwrapping
A re-usable shrinkwrap material is defined by a shrinkable material capable of retaining its shape after shrinking. A releasable fastener, such as a zipper, hook and loop fastener or the like is...
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6797217 |
Methods for making encapsulated stent-grafts
Shape memory alloy and elastically self-expanding endoluminal stents which are at least partially encapsulated in a substantially monolithic expanded polytetrafluorethylene (“ePTFE”) covering....
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6730254 |
Thermal insulation system for protecting fluid lines and method for making same
A thermal insulation system includes two separate components for providing protection against both thermal and radiative conduction of energy, is easily installed, capable of easily fitting...
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6730253 |
Process for the manufacture of a shrink sleeved bottle with a handle
A process of forming a shrink-sleeved bottle with a handle is disclosed. In one embodiment, the process forms a bottle in which the handle is substantially exposed outside the bottle.
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6716382 |
Method for preparing a telescoping shrinkable hollow tube
A method for preparing a hollow tube of shrinkable polymeric material by providing a hollow tube in an expanded state and partially contracting a portion of the length of the hollow tube. A first...
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6702973 |
Method of sealing a stud in a bushing
A wrapped film sealing system includes a conductive stud, a film layer wrapped around at least a portion of the length of the conductive stud, and a bushing including a channel passing between two...
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6702972 |
Method of making a kink-resistant catheter
A catheter which has resistance to collapsing when bent, and a method for producing such a catheter. The method includes (i) supporting a helical metallic coil having turns on a mandrel which has a...
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6681548 |
Method of providing a thermally stable finish for a plastic container
A method for providing a thermally stable finish in a plastic container. A finish section is reformed, which in part requires crystallizing a portion of the finish. The finish section has a finish...
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6652784 |
Method for handling and processing microelectronic-device substrate assemblies
Methods for selectively moving a microelectronic-device substrate assembly in a processing machine having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a processing path extending from...
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6607684 |
Method of making a jointed linkage support system
A jointed linkage support system is provided with joints that allow movement and bending in many directions and degrees of freedom. A chain-like linkage system made up of a series of joints is...
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6576165 |
Optical fiber connectors
The specification describes a connector for joining optical elements, especially optical fibers. The connector is a sleeve made of a Simple Shaped Memory Polymer (SSMP) into which the optical fiber...
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6555047 |
Method for producing a biaxially oriented open ended container
A method for producing open-ended biaxially oriented containers includes forming a biaxially oriented intermediate by blow forming, without plug assist, a sheet of unoriented thermoplastic material...
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6540955 |
Process of making a socket on a pipe of thermoplastic material
A method of forming a socket on a pipe of thermoplastic material is disclosed. In the process, an end section of the pipe is heated in a heating station. Then, the pipe is transferred to a...
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6531084 |
Laser edge treatment of sliders
A method for laser edge treating (LET) a slider and a slider with laser edge treatment, wherein the laser treatment is used to modify the curvature along the air-bearing surface, including altering...
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6528133 |
Polyester heat-shrinkable tube for coating an electrolyte condenser
The present invention provides a polyester heat-shrinkable tube for coating electrolytic condenser molded from a resin composition comprising a) 80 to 99 wt % of a copolymerized polyester resin...
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6436330 |
Process and apparatus for the production of labeled plastic bottles
A process and an apparatus for the production of labeled plastic bottles, to produce labeled bottles at a high output rate and with a reliable label hold wherein the bottles are labeled in a...
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6423165 |
Method of making convexities and/or concavities on cloths of a garment
A method for forming convexities and/or concavities on cloths for a garment at almost entire portions of the garment or any desired portion of the garment without any substantial limitation from a...
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6403011 |
Method of tip forming with more improved tapered and lower tip entry profile
The invention is directed to a method of forming a distal tip on a catheter. The method includes defining an area on the distal end of a polymeric tube, creating at least one void by removing at...
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6395212 |
Covered stent and method of making it
A method of making a covered stent comprises the steps of producing a stent ( 1 ) having a diameter corresponding to an unexpanded state of the stent ( 1 ) and producing a tube ( 2 ) of a film...
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6383435 |
Method and apparatus for expanding and conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of bi-axially oriented pipes made of thermoplastic material
A method and apparatus for conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of pipes that are bi-axially oriented longitudinally and circumferentially and hence very sensitive to diameter...
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6370760 |
Process for fixing a rotor winding
A process for fixing a rotor winding, which is hooked to connection lugs of commutator lamellas of a commutator in the vicinity between the connection lugs and winding heads that are embodied on...
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6355318 |
Heat shrinkable member
A casing member for forming a connection between tubular sections. The member has heat shrinkable end portions, for connecting on respective adjacent end surfaces of the tubular sections adjacent...
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6281262 |
Shape-memory, biodegradable and absorbable material
Shape-memory biodegradable and absorbable materials which make it possible to easily treat vital tissues by suture, anastomosis, ligation, fixation, reconstitution, prosthesis, etc. without causing...
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6267834 |
Process of manufacturing a radially expandable PTFE tape-reinforced vascular graft
A method for improving the radial enlargeability and other properties of tape-reinforced tubular vascular graft formed of sintered fluoropolymer(s), such as expanded, sintered PTFE. Broadly, the...
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6245174 |
Heat recoverable article
A dimensionally heat recoverable tubular article (1) is made by spirally wrapping cross-linked polymeric sheet (3) a number of times, and directly fusing together overlapping layers (5) of the...
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6221189 |
Method for manufacturing thermoplastic tubes
A method for manufacturing thermoplastic tubes from hollow thermoplastic sleeves by a variety of different manufacturing processes. The machine used in the method is a single apparatus having an...
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6220846 |
Apparatus for expanding and conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of bi-axially oriented pipes made of thermoplastic material
An apparatus for conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of pipes that are bi-axially oriented longitudinally and circumferentially and hence very sensitive to diameter and length...
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