Patent ID: 9131871
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A medical diagnosis/treatment table comprising a body formed of polypropylene sandwich layers having a central cellular core thermally welded to and between two polypropylene face sheets whereby polypropylene molecules of the core and the face sheets have been mixed in a liquid state to form a connection therebetween of similar strength to continuous material without the connection, and at least one polypropylene strip thermally welded along the edge portion of the sandwich layers whereby polypropylene molecules of the at least one strip and the edge portion of the sandwich layers have been mixed in a liquid state to form a connection therebetween of similar strength to continuous material without the connection, wherein the face sheets and the at least one strip form a sealed enclosure, the body adapted for engagement with medical apparatus for medical diagnosis/treatment of a patient on the table; wherein the at least one polypropylene strip is thermally welded along the edge portion of the sandwich layers by a process comprising: heating polypropylene into a molten form; and applying the molten form of polypropylene onto a section of the strip positioned to contact with a respective part of the core and the two polypropylene face sheets, thereby causing a thermal bonding therebetween.