Patent ID: 8147236

Claim:
A polymeric tubing reshaping apparatus which comprises: a base; a tubing clamping means positioned on one side of said base; said tubing clamping means having a longitudinally disposed channel therein for positioning said tubing therein and minimizing movement of said tubing; a longitudinally axially movable tubing reshaping tool positioned at an opposed side of said base, where the tubing reshaping tool is an outer diameter reshaping member having a tube-receiving aperture with an initial interior diameter at a tubing insertion end of said aperture which decreases in size to a smaller interior diameter interior of said end, the initial interior diameter and said smaller interior diameter of the reshaping member defining the range of tube outer diameters for which the reshaping member may be used, the tube-receiving aperture operable to conform a tube end to the shape of the tube-receiving aperture by axially-forced contact only.