The present invention relates to a method for filling a gap (13) in the coating (5) of a pipeline coated with a coating, in particular a thermo-insulating coating. The method according to the invention comprises the steps of placing in the gap (13) a mixture of solid elements and a thermoplastic polymeric material in fluid state, and letting the thermoplastic polymeric material in fluid state solidify.

An injection site for medical lines includes a tubular body made of molded plastic material within which an elastic element made of thermoplastic material is overmolded on an enlarged end of the tubular body. The enlarged end delimits an inner annular flange and is formed with at least one radial through-hole through which the elastic element is overmolded in order to rest axially against the inner annular flange and fill the radial through-hole with an appendage.

The present invention relates to a process to reduce internal stresses in insulation molded onto complex pipes, preferably complex subsea pipe, to reduce cracking in the molded insulation. Insulation materials applies to complex pipes comprising branches, i.e., valves, and the like, may be susceptible to cracking at, or near where the branch connects to the pipe as the coating of insulation material cures or hardens. The process of the present invention aims to reduce post molded cracking by reducing molded in stress at the branch/pipe junction. This is accomplished by providing a preform at or near a branch/pipe junction prior to applying the coating of insulation material.

A unique grip and a method for making a unique grip with a marbled appearance includes a dual molding process including the steps of compression molding and injection molding simultaneously to form the grip with a marbled appearance.

The invention relates to a process for producing a composite component having at least one functional element composed of at least one cylindrical hollow profile and at least one plastic to be introduced into the hollow profile by means of specific injection molding methods.

A catheter is provided with improved position and/or location sensing with the use of single axis sensors that are mounted directly along a length or portion of the catheter whose position/location is of interest. The magnetic based, single axis sensors are provided on a single axis sensor (SAS) assembly, which can be linear or nonlinear as needed. A catheter of the present invention thus includes a catheter body and a distal member of a particular 2D or 3D configuration that is provided by a support member on which at least one, if not at least three single axis sensors, are mounted serially along a length of the support member. In one embodiment, the magnetic-based sensor assembly including at least one coil member that is wrapped on the support member, wherein the coil member is connected via a joint region to a respective cable member adapted to transmit a signal providing location information from the coil member to a mapping and localization system. The joint region advantageously provides strain relief adaptations to the at least one coil member and the respective cable member from detaching.

An inner cannula (20) for a tracheostomy tube assembly includes a thin, inner sheath (22) supported externally by a structural frame (23) having a longitudinal portion (25) and a plurality of ribs (26) extending circumferentially and spaced along the cannula. The inner cannula (20) is inserted within and is removable from an outer tracheostomy tube (1). The inner cannula (20) is made by coating a plastic layer on a core to form the sheath and then placing the sheath on a curved core. The structural frame (23) is then moulded about the sheath (22) in a mould 80.

A tubular conduit comprising: a tubular portion made from a flexible material. There is an external helical formation extending around the exterior of, and parallel to the axis of, the tubular portion and defining a first region of the tubular portion. The external helical formation is for supporting the tubular portion. There is also an internal helical formation, protruding inwardly of the interior of the tubular portion and extending parallel to the axis of the tubular portion and defining a second region of the tubular portion. The internal helical formation is for imparting helical flow on fluid passing through the tubular portion. The first region does not extend throughout the second region.

In the present invention, a blocking tube (11) has a tubular blocking layer (11a) made of a material having barrier properties, and a tubular covering layer (11b) which is disposed in contact with at least the inner peripheral surface of the blocking layer (11a) and is made of a material of the same quality as a base resin. One end portion of the covering layer (11b) protrudes further toward the outside than an end portion of the blocking layer (11a) which is disposed on the outer periphery side. In the blocking tube (11), the inner peripheral surface of the covering layer (11b) forms the inner surface of a pouring hole (5), and the end face on the one end portion side in an axial direction of the covering layer (11b) and the outer peripheral surface of the covering layer (11b), which protrudes from an end portion in the axial direction of the blocking layer (11a) are embedded in the base resin in contact h the base resin,

Insert-outsert devices and methods of using those devices to attach an arrowhead to an arrow shaft. The insert-outsert device can be inserted into an arrow shaft, and a threaded end of an arrowhead can be screwed through a hollow threaded portion of the outsert and into the insert. The device structurally reinforces the arrow at a region of connection between the arrow shaft and arrowhead, reducing the likelihood that the arrow shaft will buckle or break under the axial and/or bending forces exerted when an arrow strikes a target.