US 12,268,567 B2
Apparatus, system, method of post-curing an article, and post-cured article
Rudolf Schmid, Eichenau (DE); Ralf Kelz, Germering (DE); Christian A. Richter, Feldafing (DE); Anja Friedrich, Unterschleißheim (DE); James D. Hansen, White Bear Lake, MN (US); Saswata Chakraborty, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Benjamin C. MacMurray, Minneapolis, MN (US); and Daniel D. Oberpertinger, Herrsching (DE)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/637,488
Filed by SOLVENTUM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES COMPANY, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/058330
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/048733, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,417, filed on Sep. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0273409 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/00 (2017.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/15 (2006.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.01); B29C 71/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A61C 19/003 (2013.01) [A61C 13/0004 (2013.01); B29C 64/135 (2017.08); B29C 71/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7536 (2013.01); B33Y 40/20 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a) a housing;
b) a chamber disposed in the housing, the chamber configured to be adaptable to each of an open configuration, a closed configuration, and a hermetically sealed configuration, wherein the chamber comprises a material transparent to actinic radiation;
c) at least two light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed within the housing, wherein light from the at least two LEDs enters the chamber from more than one direction, wherein a first LED is positioned to direct light through a first major surface of the chamber and a second LED is positioned to direct light through an opposing second major surface of the chamber;
d) a user interface disposed on an exterior of the housing, the user interface comprising a display and a plurality of program switches configured to adjust at least three operational parameters of the apparatus, wherein the at least three operational parameters comprise; 1) light intensity provided by the at least two LEDs, 2) length of time of light provided by the at least two LEDs, and at least one of: 3a) a first delay time parameter corresponding to a delay time between initiation of light provided by the at least two LEDs and initiation of vacuum pulled on an interior of the chamber, or 3b) a second delay time parameter corresponding to a delay time between initiation of vacuum pulled on the interior of the chamber and initiation of light provided by the at least two LEDs;
e) a vacuum pump operatively connected to the chamber; and
f) a processor electronically coupled to the user interface, wherein the processor causes the at least two LEDs to emit light and the vacuum pump to operate according to a program inputted through the plurality of program switches, and wherein the processor is configured with one or more preconfigured values for at least one of the first delay time parameter or the second delay time parameter.