Patent ID: 8029712

Claim:
A method for collecting severed tips of IV tubing after formation of a taper to the end of the IV tubing, said method comprising the steps of: a) inserting a mandrel into the IV tubing short of the end of the IV tubing to define an extension of the IV tubing; b) forming the mandrel supported IV tubing into a taper within a mold cavity of a mold assembly; c) severing the tip of the IV tubing represented by the extension of the IV tubing by urging the end of the mandrel into interfering engagement with the mold cavity; d) providing a source of air flow adjacent the mold cavity to urge translation of the severed tip out of the mold cavity; e) urging translation of the severed tip from the mold cavity through a passageway downstream from the mold cavity and into a collection chamber.