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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7727442 | Medical device tubing with discrete orientation regions Medical device polymeric tubing segments suitable for forming catheter shafts or as balloon parisons are formed with discrete regions having different orientation relative to each other. Wall thickness may also be varied of the length of the segment. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7442332 | Method and apparatus for uniformly stretching thermoplastic film and products produced thereby Thermoplastic films and laminates are made by extrusion and stretching using differential speed rollers employing a short stretching gap of no more than one inch immediately after the extruded film product is formed. The method and apparatus control the thickness of... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7410602 | High flow rate dialysis catheters and related methods High flow rate catheters, and related methods, are useful in dialysis and other procedures. A catheter according to the invention comprises a hub and a generally elongated conduit. The conduit has a substantially continuous and smooth wall. The conduit also defines ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7338681 | Process to prepare a premium formulated fried egg The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liqui... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7288279 | Formulated fried egg product The present invention relates to the formulation and process for preparation of a fried egg product which may be frozen for future heating within a microwave or other oven for consumption by an individual. Various ingredients are added and mixed to each of the liqui... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241469 | Formulation and process to prepare a pre-formed filing unit The present process relates to a formulation for a food product and preparation of a pre-formed filling unit for the provision of a consumable food product containing eggs, which may be refrigerated and/or frozen for future heating within a microwave oven for consum... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7182870 | Hollow fiber membrane and method of producing the same A method of producing a hollow fiber membrane includes discharging a polyvinylidene fluoride solution comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride resin and a poor solvent at a temperature above a phase separation temperature into a cooling bath at a temperature below the p... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182998 | Heat-shrinkable film Disclosed is a cross-linked heat shrinkable film comprising an ethylene polymer resin which has a gel fraction of 5-40%. Furthermore, this film contains a glycerin fatty acid ester surface active agent in an amount of 2.0-8.0% by weight based on the total weight of ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166671 | Grafted cyclodextrin Thermoplastic polymer compositions, films, continues, closures, laminates can comprise a modified vinyl polymer said modified polymer having a moiety comprising a cyclodextrin compound. The cyclodextrin compound, locked into the polymer structure, can absorb impurit... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7114942 | Apparatus for producing synthetic resin film A calibrating basket for a film blowing tube is provided with roller bearings to prevent stripe formation on the film and pinching of the film between the rollers. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7063885 | Biaxially oriented and heat-set multilayer thermoplastic film for packaging A multi-layer, thermoplastic film bi-axially oriented at a stretching ratio ≧ to about 3.0:1 in the machine direction and at a stretching ratio ≧ about 6.0:1 in the transverse direction, which film comprises a layer a) comprising at least 50 wt. % of a crystalli... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6956088 | Polyethylene films with improved physical properties Metallocene catalyzed polyethylenes are found to have improved physical properties, improved processability and improved balance of properties. Surprisingly, there is a direct relationship between MD shrinkage, and MD tear. Additionally, MD tear is greater than TD t... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946094 | Adjustable sizing tube There is provided a plastic extrusion sizing tube having a cylinder with a split along its length to allow for radial expansion and reduction of the sizing tube. The cylinder has holes to allow an extrusion within the cylinder to be drawn to the cylinder by a vacuum... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6919112 | Polyamide-based sausage skin which can be filled manually The invention concerns a biaxially stretched and thermoset tubular seamless single- or multi-layered foodstuff skin wherein the layer, or, a multi-layered skin wherein at least one of the layers, contains a block copolymer with “hard” aliphatic polyamide blocks ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6905743 | Dimensionally stable balloons A medical balloon composed of a micro-composite material which provides for radial expansion of a balloon to a predetermined extent, but which has minimal longitudinal growing during balloon inflation. The micro-composite material includes a fibril component, a matr... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887541 | Insulated packaging material and pouch formed thereof An insulated packaging material includes a thermal insulating layer, which may a fiberfill batt. The batt is laminated to at least one facing layer of film, paper or fabric. The packaging material can be used as a container, such as a pouch. A food-contacting polyme... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6878276 | Methods of making stretched filtering membranes and modules A method for stretching a hollow fibre while making a stretched filtering membrane from a precursor involves wrapping the hollow fibre around a structure and modifying the structure such that at least portions of the hollow fibre are forced to elongated. For example... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6824734 | Method of producing latent elastic, cross-direction-oriented films A blown film process for producing low gauge, latent elastic films with high cross-direction orientation includes preferentially regulating the temperature gradient of the film along the expansion length. The regulation of temperature along the bubble profile allows... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6764753 | Smokable films comprising a polyamide and a copolyester elastomer Smokable films, in particular tubular films, comprising i) an aliphatic polyamide and ii) a block copolyetherester elastomer are provided. A process for manufacturing these films is also provided. The films of the invention show excellent water vapor permeability at... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6676396 | Resin guiding device for inflation molding apparatus Provided is a resin guiding device for an inflation molding apparatus, which guides a molten resin extruded and blown into a tubular resin from an inflation molding die, to a pair of take-up rolls, wherein the resin guiding device comprises a pair of guid... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6676886 | Pipe belling process An improved pipe belling process is shown which features a mandrel having a specially designed backup or forming collar. The backup collar has an exposed lip portion which forms a complimentary angle with the outer sloped surface of the gasket which it ab... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6663805 | Process for making hollow fiber mixed matrix membranes Isopycnic or asymmetric mixed matrix hollow fiber membranes for gas separation can be made by a continuous spinning process. Mixed matrix membranes are characterized by a continuous phase of selectively gas permeable polymer in which are uniformly dispers... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6632925 | Biodegradable plant protein composites and related methods The present invention includes biodegradable plant protein composites.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6599451 | Rotating extrusion die with spray nozzle An extrusion die for extruding biodegradable material, the extrusion die comprising: a mandrel; an outer member positioned near the mandrel; an extrusion orifice between the mandrel and the outer member; a member in communication with at least one definin... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592713 | Method of producing a nonwoven material Method for producing a nonwoven material comprising at least one layer of continuous filaments, such as spunbond- or meltblown fibers. A first web of continuous filaments (19) are laid on a wire (14) or other permeable support member having a resilient ex... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6579484 | Co-extruded taper shaft An apparatus and method for providing a co-extruded, tapered multi-layer shaft. A co-extruded, tapered multi-layer shaft may be fabricated by selecting a first material for the inner layer of the shaft and a second material for the outer layer of the shaf... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6565796 | Method and apparatus for use in manufacture of cellulose casing Disclosed is a method of sizing nonderivatized extruded cellulosic tubes by the use of a mandrel structure that includes a hollow sizing portion having openings which gather gas bubbles that may evolve at the interface between the extruded tube and the si... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6555243 | Thermoplastic multilayer composites Thermoplastic multilayer composite, particularly in the form of a multilayer hose, a multilayer pipe or a multilayer container, containing at least one intermediate layer made of a molding compound on the basis of ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymers between... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6521168 | Method and equipment for the dual orientation of multiple-layer thermoplastic materials A process for orienting and drawing multiple-layer thermoplastic materials, in particular of a tubular type, wherein a tube exiting from a heating tunnel is brought up to an orienting temperature of a first material having the highest orienting temperatur... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6444161 | Mandrel structure for use in manufacture of cellulose food casing Disclosed is a mandrel structure for extruding a tube composed of a non derivatized cellulose. The mandrel includes a hollow sizing portion having openings which gather gas bubbles that may evolve at the interface between the extruded tube and the sizing ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6395208 | Method of making an expandable fluoropolymer device A method of making a radially expandable device having a body constructed of a generally inelastic, expanded fluoropolymer material. The body is deployable upon application of a radial expansion force from a reduced diameter, collapsed configuration to an... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6383265 | Polymer blend membranes with improved mechanical properties Improved polymer blends, and polymer blend membranes having improved mechanical properties are provided by alteration of the critical solution temperature of the polymer blend spinning solution through the incorporation of organic or inorganic complexing ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6352785 | Shrinkable film The present invention provides a shrinkable film characterized by being a laminate film having at least one layer formed of a gas barrier resin composition satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2) and by having an average shrinking rate in its lon... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6352750 | Seamless tubular electrically-semiconductive aromatic polymide film and process for producing the same The present invention provides an seamless tubular electrically-semiconductive film excellent in heat resistance, chemical resistance and mechanical property with excellent electrical resistance properties being applied thereto. The seamless tubular ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6328925 | Laminate catheter balloons with additive burst strength and methods for preparation of same A laminate balloon comprising at least two layers of separately oriented thermoplastic polymer material, which are coextensive over the body of the balloon. The two layers may be made of different polymer materials, including an underlying layer made of a... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6325959 | Use of cross-linked polyolefins material in pressure pipes Use of at least partly cross-linked polyolefin plastic, which is oriented biaxially, as material for pressure pipes, is described. The pressure pipe is produced by extrusion with subsequent axial and peripheral orientation of the pipe, the pipe being at l... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296464 | Calibrating device with at least one calibrating die The invention relates to a calibrating device with at least one calibrating die (24), which has die faces (66) against which an extruded object fed therethrough is applied, in particular a section having several cavities, a sealing device (60, 62) being p... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6296804 | Biaxial stretching of plastic tubes A continuous process and apparatus for producing oriented plastic tube comprising the steps of extrusion, temperature conditioning, diametrical expansion and cooling, characterized by the step of inducing axial draw of the tube between first and second ha... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6251490 | Compositions of high density polyethylene and poly(ethylene naphthalate) The invention relates to a polymer blend comprising high density polyethylene (HDPE), poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN), and a non-functionalised ethylene copolymer. This polymer blend is useful in extrusion blow moulding to make articles such as bottles.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6224803 | Method of forming a thin walled member by extrusion and medical device produced thereby A method of forming a thin-walled polymeric tubular member for an intralumenal device, and the member produced thereby. The thin-walled tubular member extruded using the method of the invention is suitable for use a sleeve for a catheter shaft or balloon.... | 05/01/2001 |
