| 摘要 |
A method of making a medical device, the method comprising: heating the polymeric material using a halogen, convection or infrared oven; contacting a portion of a tool 2 corresponding to a subjects body part with a layer of polymeric material, preferably propylene, 20 configured to retain the shape of the tool in the absence of a vacuum, a seal 21 is created by joining the polymeric material to itself; contacting at least a portion of the layer of polymeric material with a UV or heat curable material and curing the curable material so that it become rigid to thereby create a medical device. The curable material is a composite sheet including an inner core of fibre substrate impregnated with a polymer resin where the fibres 22 are carbon, aramid and/or glass fibres. The curable material is wrapped in a releasable membrane, polytetrafluoroethylene, and a vacuum permeable breather fabric is placed over the releasable membrane and then placed in a heat tolerant vacuum bag comprising a vacuum valve. The vacuum bag enclosed tool is placed in an oven or autoclave. |
