Method of manufacturing a multiple component device

• US 20060195217A1
• Filed: 05/01/2006
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1999
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: George A. Lopez
• Original Assignee: George A. Lopez
• Inventors: Lopez, George A.
• Application Number:
  US11/414,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20060195217A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/112
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/12 for joining a flexible tube to a rigid attachment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

Disclosed are methods of manufacturing a product from individual components comprising the steps of providing data regarding components to a customer; permitting the customer to request a product comprising the combination of the components; transmitting the request to a first location remote from the customer; receiving one of the components at a first location; transporting the components from a first location to a second location; assembling the components into the desired product at the second location; and transporting the assembled product to the customer.

Claims

1. A computer system for assisting in the manufacture of medical products comprising:

a main computer comprising an organized database with data relating to medical device components and configured to receive an order for a medical combination;

a program configured to allow a user to locate information relating to a desired component set and instruct the main computer to display an assembled version of the medical combination;

a screen configured to illustrate the assembled version of the medical combination; and

a second computer configured to allow a user to order the medical combination.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the user is a customer.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the user is an employee that speaks with a customer by phone.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the program is configured to instruct the main computer to display a cyber version of the medical combination.