US 12,403,639 B2
Dialyzer manufacturing tool
Bryce Aaron Virgil, North Ogden, UT (US); and Bill Ray Cower, Ogden, UT (US)
Assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed by Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/188,841.
Application 18/188,841 is a division of application No. 16/703,287, filed on Dec. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,623,377.
Prior Publication US 2023/0226731 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 45/40 (2006.01); A61M 1/16 (2006.01); B01D 61/24 (2006.01); B01D 67/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01); B29C 45/72 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/40 (2013.01) [A61M 1/1621 (2014.02); B01D 61/243 (2013.01); B01D 67/00 (2013.01); B29C 45/1769 (2013.01); B29C 45/2606 (2013.01); B29C 45/7207 (2013.01); A61M 2207/00 (2013.01); A61M 2207/10 (2013.01); B01D 2323/42 (2013.01); B29C 2045/2683 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4078 (2013.01); B29L 2031/14 (2013.01); B29L 2031/755 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dialyzer housing manufacturing system comprising:
a molding device configured to mold a dialyzer housing; and
a tool coupled to a robotic arm and configured to retrieve the dialyzer housing from the molding device after the dialyzer housing is molded, the tool comprising:
a frame;
a first suction cup connected to a first portion of the frame; and
a second suction cup connected to a second portion of the frame, the second suction cup being oriented at an angle of about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup such that the first and second suction cups face different directions,
wherein the tool is rotatable about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees into a first position in which the second portion of the frame faces a first direction,
wherein the tool is rotatable about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees into a second position in which the first portion of the frame faces the first direction, and
wherein a width of the tool in the first position is less than a width of the tool in the second position.