US 12,036,803 B2
Medical device surface made by roll-to-roll digital printing, cutting, and punching
Brett Knittle, Oldenburg, IN (US); Genaro Guajardo, San Nicolás de los Garza (MX); Taylor Franklin, Batesville, IN (US); and James Evans, Evansville, IN (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/172,365.
Application 18/172,365 is a continuation of application No. 17/028,270, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,607,891.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,961, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191799 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B41J 3/01 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/30 (2014.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 3/01 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01); C09D 11/30 (2013.01); D06P 5/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device surface made by a process comprising:
unwinding a material that includes woven ticking fabric laminated with polyurethane from a roll;
printing, with an ink jet printer and using ink that is curable with ultraviolet light, content that includes a code that identifies a file having instructions for cutting the material, onto an upper surface of the material;
curing the ink with the ultraviolet light;
slitting the material;
rewinding the material into a second roll after curing the ink with the ultraviolet light and slitting the material; and
cutting a section of the material in registration to the content printed on the upper surface for use in a medical device that comprises the medical device surface.