A handle for a personal care implement includes a connector for repeatedly attaching and detaching a head to and from the handle, the handle having a core structure, the core structure and the connector being unitarily made to form a core-connector unit, and a second component at least partially covering the core structure, wherein a circular collar is unitarily formed with the core-connector unit between the connector and core structure.

A polymeric handle material for a personal care implement comprises a polymer base material, and a filler material, preferably an inorganic filler material, wherein the polymer base material is selected from the group of polyamide, styrene acrylonitrile resin, polybutylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate, recycled plastic materials, or mixtures thereof, and wherein the filler material constitutes from about 50 wt % to about 80 wt %, preferably from about 70 wt % to about 75 wt %, of the polymeric handle material.

A handle for a personal care implement includes a core structure as a first component, a second component made from a polymeric material comprising a polymer base material and a filler material, the second component at least partially covering the core structure, and a third component at least partially covering the core structure and/or the second component.

A method for manufacturing a handle for a personal care implement includes molding from a fiber-reinforced material, preferably by injection-molding, a core-connector unit having a core structure and a connector for attaching and detaching a head to and from the handle, and molding, preferably by injection-molding, a polymeric material onto the core structure to form a component that at last partially covers the core structure.

A shaving razor cartridge with a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface. A guard is at the front of the housing. A cap is at a rear of the housing. At least one blade is mounted to the housing between the guard and the cap. The housing has a wall defining an opening extending from the top surface to the bottom surface that is configured to receive a portion of a handle. The wall having a pair of arms each with a distal end extending toward each other defining a gap. The bridge is a thermo-plastic elastomer that is different than a polymeric material of the housing.

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a heart valve, comprising: a step of injection moulding a first part (110) of the heart valve from a first block-copolymer, wherein the injection moulding is performed at a temperature below an order-disorder transition temperature of the block copolymer, such that a phase structure is present in the molten block-copolymer; a step of injection moulding a second part (114) of the heart valve from a second block-copolymer that is different to the first block-copolymer, by over-moulding over the first part (110) to form an over-moulded structure, wherein the injection moulding is performed at a temperature below order-disorder transition temperatures for the first and second block copolymers, such that a phase structure is present in the molten second block-copolymer and remains present in the first block-copolymer; and a step of cooling the over-moulded structure, without heating it above the order-disorder transition temperatures between the step of injection moulding the second part (114) and the step of cooling, so as to preserve an arrangement of the phase structures created during the steps of injection moulding and produce anisotropic physical properties in the second part (114). The invention also relates to the thus manufactured heart valve.

A trim part for a motor vehicle, having a support part made from a thermoplastic material and having a cover part which has a visible surface and is connected at least sectionally to a fastening element opposite the visible surface, wherein the cover part is formed from a glass.

A band-shaped medical device (10) for narrowing a body channel (30) of a patient, the device (10) being placeable around the body tissue surrounding the body channel (30), and the device including: a first section (1) composed of a first silicone composition (1a), and a second section (2) composed of a second silicone composition (2a) having a lower Shore A hardness compared to the first silicone composition (1a), and a connecting section (4) which integrally bonds the first section to the second section. The first section and the second section having a first locking part (11) and a second locking part (12), respectively, by which the device (10) is closable to form a ring which encircles a passage opening (16) for the body tissue surrounding the body channel (30), the connecting section (4) consisting of a mixture of the first silicone composition (1a) and the second silicone composition (2a).

An airway management device has a body (6) including an external shell moulded from a polypropylene copolymer (PP) blended with a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) of styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene (SEBS), the external shell extending from a proximal opening to a distal tip of the body (6), the external shell having a curved portion (35) and a linear portion (37). Methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.

An isokinetic oscillation exercise device of an elongated flexible blade having a first and second end and a grip portion coupled to a middle portion of the elongated flexible blade. End caps coupled to said first and second ends adapted to storage. Further, a method is disclosed of manufacturing an isokinetic oscillation exercise device that provides a flexible elongated flexible blade, a grip portion injection molding, a pliable ring injection moldings, and end caps injection molding; slides the pliable rings on the elongated flexible blade separated by a length of the grip portion, overmolds a first-shot of the grip portion over the pliable rings, overmolds a second-shot of the grip portion to the first-shot of the grip portion to the elongated flexible blade, seals the first-shot to the second-shot of the grip portion against the pliable rings; and attaches the end caps to the elongated flexible blade.