Method and Process to Produce a Medical Device

Abstract

The inventive method for manufacturing a medical device having a shuttle mold system mounted in a vertical injection molding machine, the shuttle mold system having a top section and two bottom sections, with the two bottom sections mounted 180 degrees from each other on a rotating table and the top section mounted in a fixed position above the rotating table, and where after molding, the table rotates 180 degrees for removal of parts and inserting fixtures for the next device manufacture cycle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus for manufacturing a medical device comprising:
 a shuttle mold system mounted in a vertical injection molding machine, the shuttle mold system having a top section and two bottom sections, with the two bottom sections mounted 180 degrees from each other on a rotating table and the top section mounted in a fixed position above the rotating table,   wherein after molding, the table rotates 180 degrees for removal of parts and inserting fixtures for the next device manufacture cycle.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the medical device has a micro plastic tube with a hub molded onto the tube and a tip on the end of the tube with a micro orifice being constructed and arranged in the tip at a predetermined angle relative to the tube. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the predetermined angle is 45 degrees.