Patent ID: 7842217

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a syringe for use in enteral feeding, the method comprising: providing a premolded syringe body having a plunger end and a forwardly projecting outlet end; loading the premolded syringe body into a mold having a core pin extending from an internal cavity block and into the outlet end of the premolded syringe body, the cavity block having a cavity in the shape of a tip located adjacent the outlet end of the premolded syringe body for forming an enteral tip free of a mold parting line therein; closing the mold to retain the premolded syringe body and internal cavity block therein; injection molding by injecting plastic molding material into the mold cavity, and cooling the plastic molding material for simultaneously forming a tip free of a mold parting line in the tip cavity located around the core pin and the outlet end, simultaneously bonding the tip to the outlet end of the premolded syringe body; and opening the mold and extracting the premolded syringe body with the tip bonded thereto.