Patent ID: 7335027
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: B33Y,G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of producing elastic mock human tissue products, comprising the steps of: specifying a product specification comprising dimensions and a coefficient of elasticity; specifying a test which measures whether said coefficient's specification is met; specifying a polymer obtained by a pre-polymer and polymerizing agent therefor; producing a batch of hard sugar-candy cores according to the specified dimensions and including tooling attached to the cores; dipping the cores by the tooling into a mix of the pre-polymer and polymerizing agent in order to encapsulate the cores entirely and, for insurance, at least portions of the tooling; partially curing the dipped cores-and-tooling concurrently with three dimensional rotation thereof; further curing the rotated dipped cores-and-tooling by immersion in a bath hotter than the melting point of the hard sugar-candy cores; and selecting one member of the batch for testing by the specified test and breaching the polymer encapsulation to melt and/or dissolve out the hard sugar-candy core; if said selected member meets the test, then retrieving the rest of the batch, if said selected member fails because of insufficient polymer thickness, returning the rest of the batch to the step of dipping.