Stryker Corporation
HUBS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES

Abstract:

A mold system for making a medical device includes a mold having a mold cavity for receiving a material; first and second core pins, each having a first lumen-defining section located, or otherwise configured for placement, in the mold cavity; and a spacer tool having a lumen sized for accommodating a first tube that is in a fixed position with respect to the mold, wherein a first end of the first tube is engaged with the first lumen-defining section of the first core pin, and wherein the spacer tool comprises a first section configured for placement in the mold cavity of the mold, the first section of the spacer tool having a first outer cross-sectional dimension that is larger than an outer cross-sectional dimension of the first tube.